One Big Question: Candidates outline their top housing crisis fixes
Candidates standing in today’s elections have put forward their ideas for addressing Basingstoke’s housing crisis. Particularly in the wake of the pandemic, Basingstoke risks pricing people out of their hometown, as access to affordable and energy-efficient accommodation remains a top political priority. From combating loss of land supply, to pledging increased affordable housing, and from the brownfield vs farmland debate to private market prices, the main parties have set out their key housing focusses. It comes in the fourth and final week of the Gazette’s One Big Question se...