How the green belt, a well intended policy, means Londoners pay more rent and a higher mortgage. And how some of this might be fixed without scaring the horses
I was brought up on the edge of the green belt, and now I'm back living there with my parents because of the 'housing crisis.' You cannot imagine the opposition of people, largely 60+, to even the thought of a brick touching grass. Leaflets through the door, community meetings, consultations with solicitors etc. These people only seem to leave their houses to get involved in stopping the building of them. It's become a hobby. Quite possibly a religion.
I was brought up on the edge of the green belt, and now I'm back living there with my parents because of the 'housing crisis.' You cannot imagine the opposition of people, largely 60+, to even the thought of a brick touching grass. Leaflets through the door, community meetings, consultations with solicitors etc. These people only seem to leave their houses to get involved in stopping the building of them. It's become a hobby. Quite possibly a religion.