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Danger in our homes
YOUR article on the "plastic timebomb" in the YEP of August 26 made interesting yet worrying reading.
So a housing development can be created, part of which is classed as "affordable". Only the affordable section happens to contain gas piping made of polythene "which would have been quicker to install and therefore cheaper".
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That really must be reassuring to those residents of Leeds who face the loss of a council house as part of a "regeneration programme" who then have to purchase alternative accommodation in private sector developments which will have some "affordable" housing.
Having saved a deposit of 20,000, paid an arrangement fee of 1,000, paid solicitors and removal fees, the once happy council tenant could find themselves in a property that is not only not up to standard but could be potentially dangerous while still having to meet mortgage repayments of 600 each month.
Maybe Leeds's housing policy should come with a Government warning – your new home will not be affordable and may also damage your health.
John Davies, Hands Off Our Homes
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