Sir, David Cameron’s suggestion to build 200,000 more homes a year is to be admired (News, Mar 2). So is the suggestion to industrialise their production just like the Georgians did (letter, Mar 9), but both ideas will fail as long as Nimbys have the power to stop sensible development.
Much more appropriate would be the mass production of tents for our burgeoning population and low-income families, as there will be nowhere else for them to live.
It’s about time a cross-party initiative was created to solve one of our most important social problems: affordable housing for all, not just for the under-privileged.
Sir Stuart Lipton
London W1
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Sir, If developers were obliged to pay compensation to local residents when they build on greenfield sites, it might focus their minds towards buying brownfield sites instead (letter, Mar 11). With the threat of adjacent development, rural properties can become unsaleable, sometimes for years, with their values subsequently slashed. Why should landowners and developers make huge profits at the expense of local homeowners?
Rosalind Bagshaw
Mortimer, Berks