A few facts on the Green Belt. (Thread)

Greenbelts cover quite a bit of land - 12.6% of land area of England is greenbelt. In contrast only 1.3% of the land in England is housing (with a further 4.9% being residential gardens).

'We're going to build more houses. We're going to back the builders, not the blockers.' Labour leader Sir Kir Starmer pledges to relax planning restrictions to allow more homes to be built.

It's time to re-define the Green Belt. To the average person, it means beautiful British countryside. When in reality, it's this 👇

Listen to my interview on BBC Radio 4 Today about licensing and regulating short-term holiday lets. Tonight, my community meeting in #York will discuss next steps - rachaelmaskell.com/airbnb

Rachel Reeves gets it! 💪

So close! Rachael recognises housing is unaffordable because demand>supply - so her solution is to regulate demand???? Listen to Starmer & Reeves! The solution is more supply!!

With housing prices continuing to break records, we can’t afford to wait anymore. It’s time to make homes affordable for everyone. Come learn why homes are so expensive and what we can do about it. bit.ly/3VGhoLF

Totally normal housing market

MOAR!

Well this is bonkers

🚨 NEW: Plans to build major new housing development in Yorkshire with 3,000 new homes The development will benefit from a new primary school, large green open spaces, and community areas. This is fantastic to see - let's make housing affordable again! yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/…

Oh my goodness look at the picture, its a plot of land clearly surrounded on 3 sides by other developments, in what sense is it the "edge" of York

Next week: "Locals rally to save much-loved local fire-ravaged landmark from demolition"