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Originally Posted by Kizzy

What a pathetic cop out, if council house building is at it's lowest levels since the 40's when there were decidedly fewer immigrants then how are we catering for them?... By not building homes? :/

The housing stock was sold off as it was proving too costly to maintain, take my home for example, 1950s post war steel framed precast concrete prefab... built to last 25yrs, still here as they are effectively substandard housing.

Yet according to Leeds city council it's worth £104k! No way is that true :/

Steel reinforced concrete is really tough and will last forever. The only problem with the original prefabs was the lack of insulation but presumably, they've put external wall insulation on since?

Many new builds are prefab timber-framed houses but timber isn't going to last anything like as long as yours. I wouldn't knock it Kizzy, if I was looking to buy an ex-council house I'd be looking for a concrete prefab because of its stability.