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How to turn NIMBY's into YIMBY's
« on: October 29, 2009, 09:09:36 PM »
See Grant Shapps speech on incentivised housing to the Institute of Public Policy Research
 
http://www.conservatives.com/News/Speeches/2009/10/Grant_Shapps_Labour_have_created_a_generation_of_NIMBYs.aspx
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Re: How to turn NIMBY's into YIMBY's
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2009, 11:18:11 PM »
Building new homes just encourages people to breed, which with the state of the environment is a bad thing. Add to that the number of empty properties in the UK and the real question should be "Why don't we convert empty properties to residences?" rather than "Why not build on green belt?".
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