English and National are thinking in 1 Dimensional terms again which is pretty easy to level against the Right Wing. Probably because they see the world in black and white rather than the full spectrum of colours it really is.
The Left Wing arguably can think in three dimensional terms thus non black and white type of thinking.
I agree with what John has put here for the State Housing situation insofar as this is what National should be doing. That is thinking in three dimensional terms……
Something that is not very hard to do (although that will lead me to a STEAM vs STEM debate – for another time)
When there are thousands of people on a waiting list for a state house, should we be allowing people who have taken the hand up provided by the state, made something of themselves to occupy state houses permanently?
Yes, we should.
Should those houses remain state houses once the tenants are able to pay market rent/mortgage repayments?
No they shouldn’t.
We’re the Government to implement a programme whereby tenants who could afford to buy their home, either directly, or as a rent to buy scheme (without the fish hooks in private r2bs) then we should be giving them that opportunity. Thus giving the tenant the opportunity to become a homeowner.
If this was to be done it would allow the government to balance its social responsibility to provide welfare housing, while allowing it to release capital to be reinvested in higher priority housing areas.
What is lacking in Bill English’s…
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