Monday, 6 March 2017

Housing Crisis Will Continue Under Current Government Policies

One of the most senior civil servants in Government has admitted that Theresa May’s new policies will not stop the country's housing crisis from continuing “as it has done for decades”. Melanie Dawes said she was “simply being honest” when she revealed that houses prices are set to stay out of reach of those who cannot offered a property and that homelessness will continue to rise. The embarrassing admission from the CLG’s  Permanent Secretary comes just days after ministers launched a new White Paper promising “radical” policies to ease the crisis. Political opponents slated the document as “feeble” and claimed it did little more than tweak existing policy, which have led to a situation in which London house process are now ten times the average salary. Read more on the Independent website.

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