Hello
My village is talking about the need for more "affordable housing" to house "key workers". No definitions are given as to what these are, although affordable will mean government subsidies or government planners approving the building of "affordable houses" where they would not normally give permission normal citizens. "Key workers" are almost always low paid government workers.
How would you suggest I write a rebuttal to this idea in the newspaper, bearing in mind that many if not most of the readers will be sympathetic to these vague notions of "affordable housing" for "key workers".
Regards
Remnant.
You could start by highlighting how "affordable housing" could be detrimental to those readers.
I'm assuming the government plans to use measures like building public housing and/or rent control, both would have the effect of raising accomodation prices for "non-key-workers".
This is what you might expect if you challenge the measures: http://mises.org/story/2991
Irish Liberty Forum
You may want to work in that 'affordable' = SUBSIDIZED - by all the rest of you taxpayers. Doesn't that knock you DOWN on the 'affordable' scale too? BEST of luck on this one - sentiment votes (which costs nothing to do really) while sensibility pays the bills.
Jain
Funnily enough I was going to ask a similar question.
Take for example Central London, there is no way a fireman could afford to live there, however as a key worker, they need to - in case of emergencies.
So what is the alternative? Should our important workers i.e. firemen, paramedics, nurses etc live in an area that is miles away from their place of work. Surely it would benefit all of society for these emergency workers to live close to work.
Obviously I don't think this principle applies to low level non-emergency government workers.
February 17 - 1600 - Giordano Bruno is burnt alive by the catholic church. Aquinas : "much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death."
garagemc: Take for example Central London, there is no way a fireman could afford to live there, however as a key worker, they need to - in case of emergencies. So what is the alternative?
So what is the alternative?
Like, allowing a free market for those services, so the more something is needed, the better it is provided?
:P
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