PASSPORT · WHAT THIS ROOM DID
Why has housing become so expensive in this town?
Every line is from the record. Nothing is computed for this page, and nothing is smoothed: a short list of disagreements means a room that agreed, not a room whose disagreements were tidied away.
| structures | obstacles |
| opened | 08 Sep 2026 |
| who answered | 30 people in 2 group(s) · participant: 30 |
| wrote blind | not recorded |
| claims | 35 written, 20 structured |
| links certified | 21 |
| rooms on this question | 3 · counts toward the shared map |
| decided at | 75% of the votes cast |
| sealed | yes, members forgotten |
What it rests on- The bank wants pre-sales before it lends
- The archaeology survey took nine months and found nothing
- Nobody insures a small builder for a tall building
- Nobody in the council can read a build programme
- We cannot compete for land against a firm that can wait
- Empty flats are worth more than let ones to some owners
What it could not settlePublished as contested, never recorded as a no.
- none: every pair the room reached was settled
What was predicted to followWritten after the map settled. Nobody voted on it.
- A statutory deadline on every consultee — expected: a small builder can tell how long a decision will take — due 22 Jun 2027
What the room would doEach action judged against each root cause, at three quarters of the votes cast.
- A statutory deadline on every consultee
reduces no root cause - One regulator for one wall
reduces: The bank wants pre-sales before it lends, The archaeology survey took nine months and found nothing - Permit small sites on a shorter route
reduces: Nobody in the council can read a build programme
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