10 February (Part 2) - An exhibition for posh houses held in a very posh house
The Old Farm Park exhibition held yesterday in Sidcup’s Manor House was already busy when I arrived bang on the opening time and it rapidly got busier.
All the plans are on line so there is no point in repeating them here but
they looked quite nice to me, especially the redesign of the remaining park land
which has been done by an outside contractor. The same one responsible for
Belvedere Beach and the Monk’s Garden at Lesnes Abbey.
On the other hand I am not going to have the view from my back garden destroyed
or have to put up with all the extra traffic in the neighbouring streets or find
my child can no longer attend the nearest school.
And once again Bexley Council is encouraging ‘posh’ houses that only the wealthy can afford. But that is the
only policy - taxing property as heavily as possible - that might ensure its
financial stability. Blame the Conservative government for that.
There is as one of my correspondents says, nothing for those on low incomes.
I have given up on this Council ever doing anything
to help the people in the borough.
It appears that low paid workers trying to get a grip on life are being
ignored and left at the bottom of the heap whilst Bexley Council look after
themselves and make money at the expense of the “little people”.
My grievance with the powers that be is their total disdain for
people who need a home and Old Farm Avenue is a prime example. They are selling a
park that the locals don’t want sold but the housing isn’t for the
people desperate and on the waiting list is it?
It will be sold to people with means and not for renting to local people who need a home
in the borough. The people who empty bins, make coffee, pick your shopping
because you’re too lazy to go to the shops, people who earn £9.00 an hour. They
won’t get a chance so they will continue to share their bedroom with their kids
and live with their in-laws and wait and bid each week on homes they will never
get. All because Bexley Council has washed its hands of these desperate people.
They can’t afford to rent privately because the rents are too high and getting a deposit
is out of their reach as well. They do not earn enough to save. They can pay their bills and put
food and clothes on the tables but no more.
What is Bexley Council planning for people waiting for a chance to provide a decent home for
their families? There is NOTHING at all for the poorest people except contempt.
She has a point doesn’t she? Even affordable houses have been going for £600,000 in Erith. How ridiculous is that?