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The Truth About UK Housing for Investors Fed Up With Delays, Red Tape and Political Lies

The Truth About UK Housing for Investors Fed Up With Delays, Red Tape and Political Lies

Update: 2025-10-29
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In this episode, Sarah Blaney and Nick Claydon respond directly to a recent BBC Panorama documentary on the UK government's ambitious pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029.


What You'll Learn:

  • Why the government’s 1.5 million homes promise might as well be fiction
  • How Thatcher’s Right to Buy scheme broke the social housing system
  • Why apprenticeships dried up, and why nobody wants to be a bricklayer anymore
  • How local councillors and planning committees kill good development
  • What “grey belt” land is, and why it could be the real answer to housing shortages


Timestamps

[03:02 ] - Housing Crisis Origins: Thatcher, Right to Buy & No Replacements

[04:57 ] - Construction Chaos: Brexit, Boomers & University Overload

[09:10 ] - The Fantasy of 1.5 Million New Homes

[12:16 ] - Why Landlords Aren’t the Villains You Think

[15:24 ] - Greenbelt vs Grey Belt: The Land We Can’t Touch

[20:17 ] - Planning Hell: Local Council Shenanigans

[27:31 ] - Eight Years for Planning on a Brownfield Site

[29:34 ] - Nutrient Neutrality, Sewage, and 40-Year Mistakes

[32:48 ] - Final Thoughts: How Do We Fix This?


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The Truth About UK Housing for Investors Fed Up With Delays, Red Tape and Political Lies

The Truth About UK Housing for Investors Fed Up With Delays, Red Tape and Political Lies