Andrew Dismore

Dear editor,

 

When I saw your headline last week, ‘Government  cash to help create homes’, I might have thought that at long  last we had some real recognition of  Barnet’s housing crisis by the Conservatives.

 

But then I read on. Barnet has  been awarded just £49,000 – and that is to be shared with Brent Council, too!

 

Whist any money is welcome, Barnet’s slice of this pittance wouldn’t even  meet the deposit on a Barnet  flat.

 

Maybe the homes  to be created with this magnificent sum are a row of plastic sided garden Wendy Houses- that’s about the level of the Conservatives’ understanding of the ever worsening housing shortage, which  confronts  ever growing numbers of Barnet residents seeking a home of their own.

 

Yours faithfully

 

Andrew Dismore AM

Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden