Sunday, May 06, 2007
Priced-out protest
Firstrung: First time buyers to protest at Gordon Brown’s Brighton Festival appearance
Frustrated first time buyers are organising a protest in order to highlight the housing affordability crisis that is gripping the nation. Organised by Priced Out, a web-based campaign group for affordable house prices, the protest aims to highlight the negative impacts of high house prices in 'property hotspots' such as Brighton...
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1. Scott said...
Complete idiots. What is so special about Brighton, besides being the cocaine capital of the country?
If you cannot afford even the most basic accommodation in Brighton, why not move into the midlands where you can get a 2 bedroom house in a good area. There are just as many jobs up north than there are in Brighton.
2. Mike said...
If you took the trouble to read it properly it is a _National_ campaign on house prices being too high. It just so happens that the Chancellor is in Brighton, hence why the protest is there!
Prices for 2 bedroomed houses in the Midlands are just as unaffordable for local people as they are everywhere else in the country when you compare them to the salaries people can earn in those area's.