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<h1><b>Housing crisis, a simple fix: Government Self-build Houses (GS-BH)
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<b>GOVERNMENT SELF-BUILD HOUSES (GS-BH)<br>
By Rev. James Armstrong (who has self built two houses)<br><br>
CONCEIVED, THE FIRST OF MAY 1<sup>st</sup> May
2023<br><br>
THE NEW HOUSING PARTY<br>
GOVERNMENT SELF-BUILD HOUSING TO ACHIEVE GOOD HOUSING<br><br>
</b>
<ol>
<li><b>AIMS AND NEEDS</b>
</ol><br>
The central policy of tomorrow’s Self-build housing (GS-BH) government
will meet peoples’ greatest need -Universal access to good housing,
throughout UK , in sufficient numbers to meet demand and at
accessible prices and rents for working people. Referencing
‘Affordable houses” is a confidence trick – Waiting lists for
“A” H can run to 10 years, That’s not affordable.<br><br>
<ol>
<li><b>ADVANTAGES OF THE SELF BUILD- FOCUSSEDGOVERNMENT </b>
</ol><br>
Satisfy the need for houses that all previous post war governments failed
to meet.<br><br>
In 2009 each of 24 Self Build Houses at St Minver Cornwall cost £83k –
less than half the (then) price of ‘commercial’ or ‘social
houses’.<br><br>
Grateful self builders in teams and streams will have reason to
support NS-BH Government.<br><br>
NS-BH as HMG will report – in housing numbers end-year’s build totals–It
can’t afford to fail.<br><br>
HS-BH Bulldoze government housing scams – Build foundations of YOUR house
and home<br><br>
Under one system government can promote the most climate friendly
construction system.<br><br>
<ol>
<li><b>OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES SHOW THEIR AGE </b>
</ol><br>
‘Labour’ is yesterday’s news. Few ‘labourers’ vote, fewer
Unions fund them.<br><br>
‘Lib-Dems”are last century leftovers – Whig v Libs. Libs historically
support Conservatives.<br><br>
“Conservatives” feed the City of London to conserve yesterday’s
policies and riches.<br><br>
Communists? USSR has failed. Russia is a malign
autocracy. All are pathetic relics.<br><br>
We target housing shortage, inflation. Ever rising house prices, and
banks’ rising mortgage income . Each mortgage is money c r e a t e
d by plc banks. This devalues the coinage, yields dividends
to the bank and hits the unhoused with ever higher rents and house
prices.<br><br>
<ol>
<li><b>PRIVATE FINANCIAL INTERESTS USURPED DEMOCRATIC HOUSING POLICY</b>
</ol><br>
Behind the scenes, the autonomous City of London is in charge of policy.
The Medi-evil ‘Rememberancer’ sitting behind the speaker’s chair with a
£50million budget feeds each Select Committee with pro-City financial
policies to legislate for them.<br><br>
Examples are privatisation, banks’ mortgages swamp building societies’,
selling off social houses to feed the mortgage lenders – the same
crooked* (see below) banks who c r e a t e money and so devalue it
(mis-called ‘inflation’ and ‘growth’) They charge high mortgage
interest, invest the ‘funny money’ they are encouraged to c r e a t e to
spawn multiple profit sources . This process is masked from working
people. Only Westminster Palace knows it.<br><br>
Incredible but true –<br><br>
In contrast the householder repays the loan monthly in real money
from earned wages and salaries. Families suffer as the cost
of living rises and wage packets buy less.<br><br>
This giant City, B of E, HM Treasury trick on voters is backed by
weak governments and traditional economists. ‘crook’ international
banks -Goldman Sachs, JPM, HSBC…have had multi £m and £bn
fines. As corporations they are exempt from jail for life and
hanging. Their crimes are unrecorded by Criminal Records Office (that’s
for people only)<br><br>
Entitling the homeless with planning permission for building on
‘exceptional sites’<br><br>
Nationalising land frees it from exploitation by Land Lords,
Housebuilders, CAP millionaires<br><br>
GOVERNMENT SCAMS EXPOSED- Language is abused when they claim
to build HOMES.<br><br>
The panacea of “Affordable homes” are at prices and rents out of
reach of many , H.A.s output declines and some 16 premium priced
houses are built to every one ‘social’ leading to a waiting list of
up to ten years. Targets are set years ahead for revolving
Ministers.<br><br>
<ol>
<li><b>‘ECONOMICS’,CREATING FUNNY MONEY, SECURITISING MORGAGES</b>
</ol><br>
They are smoke screens hiding the truth – weapons forged by
government to tax houseneedy people with higher mortgages to
reward plc’s and grow the privileged sector -second home buyers.<br><br>
In five years GS-BH will cure the problem and progressed
nationalising building land.<br><br>
<ol>
<li><b> FROM DAY ONE THE PRIME AIM OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IS TO
FACILITATESELF-BUILD HOUSING. </b>
<li>Enable groups to build good houses – detached, with garden, water,
gas, electrics..…
<li>Houses wherever needed at half the cost – St Minver- of Wimpey’s or
Persimmons’
<li>Recruit in your area Self Build teams of twelve from any waged
person in employ so s(he) can repay reduced mortgage instalments. (
your unpaid labour is credited as the deposit to buy the house) Do it
nationwide . A local architect guides each group.
<li>You work, , assisted by friends and family, at weekends and holidays
<li>Housing Ass.’s supply land, in return have one extra half-price house
built per team.
<li>Building Land is confiscated by fining ‘landbankers’ in land, as
illegal monopoly land- owners (Huge landbanks are listed on p81 of
Barker Review of Housing)
<li>Office of Fair Trading and Monopolies Commission shelved by HMG will
be reinstated.
<li>Rates will be reintroduced, as still in force in Northern Ireland,
only on homes over 750 square feet (approx UK average) floor-space.
</ul><br>
<ol>
<li><b>ARGUMENT FOR SELF BUILDING HOUSES AND FOR A GS-BH GOVT.</b>
</ol><br>
Multi £billionaire P L C Housebuilders- monopolise scarce building
land and cause shortage to increase house prices dramatically –
This an invitation HMG to nationalise building land.<br><br>
Person operated Self Builders’ output is ALREADY bigger than
corporate Wimpey, and Persimmon, and Barratt and Miller
(see OFT Housing Report )<br><br>
Land is a scarce resource, building-land scarcer. One profiteering plc
builder controlled 33 years supply! (Barker p81 ).
Nationalising designated ‘building land’, is democratic and
now vital. Not doing so invites ruin. It’s either ‘Tighten
HMG control of plc builders’ or Hello to ever-rising site and house
prices. Deathless ‘corporations’ were invented by idiots before air
flight, radio, tv, ‘inter-nationalism’ or internet. Corporations outlive
governments, people and nations. Huge annual profits of these foot-loose
giants enable plc’s and the City to control HMG policy. This
explains rising prices. (an evil example is UK invading Egypt
in1956- to protect UK Suez canal shareholders and ‘Imperial’
connections in the east. )<br><br>
<ol>
<li><b>TODAY’S AND FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS ARE MET BY NS-BH </b>
</ol><br>
Think of the enthusiasm when people move in and own the house they built
(and built more quickly than my two- year National army Service
stint at 28/6 per week. JA<br><br>
<br><br>
<i>
Good Houses should be snug and airy, building houses
isn’t scary. <br><br>
College taught me Greek and Hebrew, I taught myself to build
a bijou. <br><br>
</i> <br><br>
MAYDAY! <i>NATIONAL SELF-BUILD HOUSING PARTY conceived
to-day! <br><br>
</i>*In MONOPOLY’ only the LANDlord wins ** Barker Review p81 lists plc’s
huge land banks <i> <br><br>
</i>OTHERWISE, ARMAGEDDON AWAITS –<br><br>
<br><br>
Hundreds of north London cottages in 1924 cost Dame Henrietta Barnett
£250 each.<br><br>
The history of one – in 1924 it cost £250, 1967 sold for
£6,000, 2017 sold for £608,000.<br><br>
-pro rata, <i>In 2067 would cost £62 million*** but won’t
when GS-BH intervenes. <br><br>
</i>***the 2067 buyer might pay an additional £9m Stamp
Duty. From the ONS website-<br><br>
HMG’s Stamp Duty Income in 2022 was £22bn , an eleven
percent rise on 2021.<br><br>
Did your wages rise by eleven percent in 1922? Food prices
did.<br><br>
<br><br>
REV James Armstrong – Let us Pray<br><br>
– THANK GOD FOR GOVERNMENT SELF-BUILD HOUSES, G S-B H.<br>
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