Excuse me for being cynical or even critical at all. I find it astounding that the U.K. government can find billions for a HUGE infrastructure project (HS2 = High Speed Rail 2), with promises of fortunes for who? The mega rich of course, told you I was being cynical. I also heard on the news today that the U.K. have 300,000 homeless people. That’s a ⅓ of a million people and nearly 0.5% of the whole of the U.K. population.
Those billions would build an awful lot of houses for many homeless and the best we can get are a ‘housing first’ trial. If we were really serious about creating infrastructure projects, building houses would not only create more jobs throughout the whole supply chain, it would solve one of the largest social issues we are experiencing in the 21st century, Homelessness.
I guarantee you that in about 20/25 years when HS2 is due to be complete, we will still have a homeless problem in the U.K.
We mistake, economic prosperity for the rich with a moral duty to enrich every person in society, including the homeless.
U.K., get your priorities right!