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Relocating jobs, not homes, could ease UK housing crisis
Original: If, as many here have argued, its no so much we have a shortage of homes but that they are often in the wrong place, the
A housing debate argues the UK's problem is not a shortage of homes but that they sit in the wrong places. The proposal: follow Andy Burnham's regionalism model to move jobs to areas with spare housing, rather than building where demand already outstrips supply. Commenters are weighing regional rebalancing as a fix for the housing crisis.
Why now: The UK housing crisis remains a live political debate and regional job relocation is a fresh angle on it.
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- If, as many here have argued, its no so much we have a shortage of homes but that they are often in the wrong place, then one way of alleviating our housing crisis would be to use Andy Burnham's regionalism, to start to relocate jobs (work) to areas that *do* have spare housing… · ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk · 17
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