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Old 5th Oct 2008, 12:55
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Re-Heat.

Interesting article, a story that has been repeated in most towns and cities. Near the end of the article from a housing association:

“Housing associations don’t actually want much of this stuff because it is substandard in terms of build-quality and size,” he says. “The flats are too small, they were badly thrown together and they are too far from proper transport hubs. These are, I am sorry to say, the ghettos of the future.”

It was doomed right from the beginning. I've seen a few examples built by Barratt and Persimmon, and I do wonder how much of a bung the planners got, not to mention the governments 'build, doesnt matter how, just build' policy.
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