andrewducker | Interesting Links for 03-08-2024

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3. Thousands of unused affordable homes sitting empty because housing associations can't afford to take them on: (tags:housing UK OhForFucksSake )
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3. What's a Housing Association?

Good point!

https://www.housing.org.uk/about-housing-associations/

Very different manner of beast than in the USA.

The mystery deepens. Why aren't they making low income housing (that I gather they haven't paid for) available?

"Ibecause the housing associations that would previously have bought and managed the homes can no longer afford to"

Well, yes, but what happened? Do the HA's have less money? Have the houses gotten more expensive?

Much less government funding due to our previous Conservative overlords.