Our rural communities need more affordable housing (“Spending on affordable housing slashed despite acute shortage”, Report, January 5).
One of the problems is that rural politicians, both local and national, value the Nimby vote more than the votes of desperate families needing a home.
A recent freedom of information request identified 5,109 families on our council housing waiting list. There are 41 of these families who would qualify for an affordable home in our parish, yet an offer of free land for 12 affordable homes in the centre of a village was rejected because there was not a proven need. Nimby power at work.
Robert Persey
Honiton, Devon, UK
