Should kids live in tower blocks?

They’ll be the matchboxes with no garden to speak of crammed into the middle of the development up a shared drive Legs. Snatched up by young families. No room to swing a cat.

We are not making any mention of the annual population increase , immigration, people living longer , all adds to need for housing.

Someone mentioned housing in Sweden on here so I had a look. Why are they so much more innovative than we are in this country? I looked at one of their "new town" projects (Vallestaden) and it was an eye opener. High density living, but built with communities in mind. Nothing like our grim, neglected inner city high rises at all. They have planned narrow streets, diverse houses, landscaping and communal social facilities, and encourage a socially mixed community because of the range of housing.

It's very difficult to compare a country like Sweden with a population of less than 10 million with the UK and its population of over 66 million, though Lazigirl.

Possibly gilly but apparently some developers in this country are interested and Sadiq Khan is a fan of this type of development for innovative solutions to London's housing crisis. It is a very impressive scale of build-out, far greater than we achieve over here. They've delivered lots of affordable very nice houses at a human scale very quickly

I was brought up in social housing. 4 children with parents. There were goid differences in ages of us all and when one child moved out parents moved to different house to accommodate smaller family. It was the done thing as rent reduced each time and freed up propery for others. Yes, people should move. Doesn't the bedroom tax encourage this.

I don't think anyone of any age should live in a soulless tower block. They are truly horrible places, not homes.

4allweknow, do you live in social housing or own your home?

Living with the threat of losing your home in a few years is hardly going to encourage anyone to keep theirs looking nice is it? Imagine investing time and money on doing up the garden or nicely decorating your home only to have it snatched away as soon as one of the children move out ?

If there were more good quality bungalows and/or small homes available ( my dads LA bungalow is really quite luxurious ) then perhaps more would be encouraged to consider downsizing . It can’t be forced .

Perhaps we should refer to social houses as social homes because they are peoples homes. Some seem not to realise this.

Good question Annie. I can imagine the outcry 4allweknow if the government slapped a bedroom tax on private homeowners who had a spare room as a way of managing the housing shortage. I feel extremely sorry for those who are being forced to move from the area they have lived for years with a supportive local network, because they rent and can't afford to buy a place.

People in social houses can love their homes just as home owners do. Their children have left home , they, like home owners, want their grandchildren to stay with them.

When my daughter visits me she has to stay in a hotel, sadly she hasn’t any children, if she did they couldn’t stay with me for holidays. I pleaded for a two bedroomed property so my elder daughter could live with me and I could care for her, no, we were allowed two one bedroomed properties .