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