Appeal on pylons rejected - A backward step for our society

THE great protection we afford property is seen at its sharpest in our shameful housing crisis.

Would rents have increased by 12% in the year to June if the pressing need for housing did not play second fiddle to the constitutional rights afforded to speculators who buy and hoard building land?

Would almost 7,000 people be homeless if we saw housing as a social need rather than a way to generate profits?