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Published : 9 months, 2 weeks ago (Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:32:49 PDT)
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The point raised by Senator Grant in resisting the bailout is a valid one;
"Mr Blunt indicated House Republicans were firmly against a Democratic plan to recoup funds that the Treasury may recover from flipping the debt or holding it until maturity and using the money to fund affordable housing."
The Australian 28/9/08 6.52am
The fact is that we need the market to work for us, for our interests and our needs, and imposing cheap housing on a grateful poor has been shown to not work.
Instead, we should examine why the market as it stands currently delivers - effectively - urban sprawl. Little blocks containing a stand alone houses and a fenced off plot of grass, with a garage containing a car that has access to a road and thence the freeway to the city proper.
Is this what people want? Or if the 'market' (read established network of developers/builders/bureaucrats) threw up something different, would people buy it?
How about a hollow circle of (say) 100+ co-joined townhouses with a parkland* in the middle. How about a dedicated tram or bus service for the entire complex that goes directly to the nearest train station/shopping precinct? How about a cluster of such apartment 'circles' in the 'suburb' feeding into that precinct.
Would you like to live in such accommodation? Yes? So why is it not available?
*that all children can play safely in, and parents can leave: safe in the knowledge that no potential peadophile can be sure who in the surrounding houses is watching. |
