tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post6158398408274957466..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: Housing report ignores researchkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-18721647488992865272010-08-11T07:20:47.749+12:002010-08-11T07:20:47.749+12:00Well, I'm an older person who's never boug...Well, I'm an older person who's never bought into the "buy a house" line. I've happily rented all my life. And I've always been quite happy with fairly small and modest rental accommodation. I have some money in low paying investments and a couple of pension schemes.<br /><br />I've always thought the house buying mantra is a bit of a con to get people of modest means struggling to buy, focused on getting security, and thence unlikely to criticise the system. And overall, it benefits those at the top of the property tree most, while many others struggle, and some are always insecure.<br /><br />Really, I think affordable housing in rents, leasehold or freehold shoud be a human right. Extensive property speculation, that drives up rents and property prices, is an evil to me.<br /><br />And there should be a good stock of public housing for those at lower income levels - such levels of income also the product of an unfair, unequal system.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11140142800525092834noreply@blogger.com