"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article om,
dennis@home wrote:
Demand dropped quite suddenly about 25 years ago and a few builders
around here were left with built houses they couldn't sell and they
ended up selling them to housing associations/councils on the cheap. The
private buyers weren't very happy.

The builders aren't going to get caught doing that again.

Since housing is an essential, does it really make sense to leave it to
the peccadillos of the market?

You can say the same thing about food and for some strange reason
we do actually leave that to the peccadilloes of the market anyway.

Both with quite a bit of regulation on what can and can not be done.