>>>>>Why can't they use those thousands of newbuild properties that aren't selling that we read about.
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>>>>What are you, some sort of a commie?
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>>>Slightly left leaning.
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>>>But actually if local authorities could buy up empty speculative build housing at a knock down price to provide housing for the homeless or low income families that could only be a good thing. In the long run those prices will recover and the local authority would have a nice valuable asset.
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>>They would be turned into dumps by neglect, willful damage, diversion of maintenance funds, etc just like other government housing projects.
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>>To sell them after several years someone would have to pay to tear them down.
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>>>Turn cynic on
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>>>then could sell them in the next housing bubble and buy the next round of speculative housing in say 20 years time.
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>>>Turn cynic off
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>>>Nick
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>The problem is how they are managed . If you just dump problem families in them the you will have a problem. It only takes a few troublemakers to pull an area down so they should be aggressively managed You keep a few sink areas for those who cause problems and move them out and into those areas quickly.
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>Spend a little money on a problem and you'll save yourself a lot in the long run.

You may try communicating this fresh idea to government. Good luck.
By the way, you should not despair in your trying; the second part (about throwing a little money) will be accepted even before you submit it.