So called "affordable housing"

Me and my partner live in a modest 1 bedroom flat and barely manage to save a deposit for a house. We have a combined wage of £50k per year and on this income we could get a mortgage of £160k which is fair. With deposit the max we could afford is £180k and the so called "affordable housing" starts at £280k in my area and that's not even the cheapest starting price in the affordable marking bracket. Wages are low in Cornwall and the house prices are far too expensive so for first time buyers there's little option but to struggle on and rent for life which is also shockingly expensive considering the average income in cornwall. Affordable housing should be affordable for the lowest average income otherwise it's clearly not affordable.

Affordable homes

We desperately need good quality affordable homes especially for our young families. My daughter, her husband and 2 boys have lived in a mobile home for the last 10 years, both hard working with the hope of saving to build their own little home but it's very hard going. My son, his wife and children live in rented property (the first house they had to move out of as the landlady wanted to sell) and the house they are in now charges too much for what it is. They also work hard but the wages down here do not correlate…

Sensible, Sustainable, Sociable.

Cornwall is a beautiful place, that is why we live here and love it so passionately.It is also why lots of people wish to visit.Lockdown gave us all (well, certainly me personally) time to enjoy it during some of the best weather we've had in years without the hustle and bustle of the usual tourist season.But that has come at a cost... A very high one for a lot of people. Arguably too high.We, as a society, here in Cornwall need to understand that we have a very unique dynamic and one in which we must play to our strengths…