THE Derby Telegraph receives lots of letters each week on issues affecting Derby and Derbyshire, as well as further afield. This one looks at housing problems.
THERE is an ever-growing list of rich people saying if the "mansion tax" becomes law they will leave the UK.
Let them leave as quick as possible. Among the many things when this happens, let the councils buy these mansions at a fixed market price, less a discount for quick sales. Turn them all into flats, houses in the large grounds.
It would not cure the housing shortage but it would help to solve some problems of moving ordinary people into smaller properties, leaving larger ones for families.
D G Betts
Ashley Street
Derby
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