Don't forget, if you own your home, you are sitting on the land, which is the most expensive part. If PHA pay you £100,000 for your home, that has cost them £100,000, and you cannot afford another one in the area. If a new one costs £80,000 to build,(or LESS!) it has cost them £80,000, and you still have a home. Think about it. Self-build? That has been totally ignored in this scheme. That is because it is all about PROFIT, not benefitting the residents.

Here in Gosport, Hampshire, it was announced out of the blue,to 'about' five hundred private homeowners, that their homes are to be destroyed in the name of 'Rowner Renewal', but in reality, there are over 1000 homes under threat,from the Tesco Express shop southwards.We were NEVER consulted as to whether we wished our homes to be destroyed. It has proven impossible to extract any useful information from the people responsible. What is planned for the area south of the Tesco Express shop? How can this be 'Public Consultation', when our questions ARE NOT ANSWERED? The UK government has been defeated once, already, because of its failure to carry out PROPER public consultation on nuclear power. There has been NO proper consultation on this scheme, especially since it started without even asking if residents wished to have their homes destroyed. Also, the false information put out regarding the number of homes under threat definitely negates any argument that this is a genuine consultation process. It is planned to build 'a sustainable community'. This does not mean eco-housing, with solar panels, wind generators, large play areas for children, away from cars and roads, (as we have now) just hundreds of stunted boxes, designed to generate as much wealth as possible for the developers, with a large (probably) Tesco shop for the 'lucky' residents. Plus a tower block for the wealthy to view the Solent. Of course, the end result never looks like the pretty drawings first put on display, to put you off the scent. THIS is what happens - Pathfinder Disaster - homes in the north and the midlands destroyed. Don't let it happen here. Have a look at this info on the RVRA site - this is what will happen to you and your home. (and John Prescott now advises the Chinese on new, sustainable cities , plus after-dinner speeches on REGENERATION! Can you believe it????)
The amount of time allowed for 'public consultation' has been kept to a minimum, so that the destruction can start as soon as possible. GBC intend to start felling trees by the road in Magennis Close, yet there 'are no plans yet'... GBC has a legal responsibility to ensure the consultation process is carried out correctly. With so little information available to the residents concerned, and so few questions answered, they are not fulfilling this responsibility. However often you ask questions, you do not receive answers. One hour spent in a local hall, after a days work, trying to study information that has not previously been seen, is hardly fair on residents at risk of losing their homes. This is all loaded in favour of the developers. Were you told EVERYTHING when you bought your property? If, according to my Building Society, pre-fab houses are worth only the value of the land on which they stand, ask yourself: 1) How much is my house/flat really worth? and 2) Why was I not told this when my house was sold to me? The fact that NO proper plans are being made available to the residents, the constant threats of compulsory purchase, and the constant exhortations to carry out negotiations in secret, all point to the fact that this scheme is of no benefit to the people it purports to help.

WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO SELL THESE PROPERTIES IN THE FIRST PLACE?