Saturday 7 March 2009

Rise of the NIMBY!

I'm going to make a t-shirt for this story in the FT today... Attitudes have hardened against new property development despite the promise of new jobs that could be created in the recession. The study says that Nimbyism - the acronym of Not In My Back Yard used to describe opposition by local residents - is on the rise across the country.

Some 85 per cent of respondents say they would oppose development in their local area, broadly the same level as last year's survey, but active Nimbyism has almost doubled in the past two years. Clicke here for more glorious NIMBYism!

Wednesday 4 March 2009

MPs criticise housing department

A major Whitehall department lacks the skills needed to put vital policies into operation, MPs have said. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) had taken only "the first steps" towards a reasonable performance for taxpayers, they added. Ecotowns, home sellers' packs, and regional fire control centres had suffered as a result, the communities and local government committee said. Click here for more...