“Home buyers would have to increase their salary by 130% to afford an average home in the South West, a new report into housing affordability crisis has found.
An average house in the region now costs £240,427 – over 10 times the local average salary of £23,832, the National Housing Federation’s (NHF) Home Truths report has shown.” …
Anyone remember this?
The Economic Development Manager (and Hon Sec of the East Devon Business Forum which dissolved after the Graham Brown affair), Nigel Harrison, has of course quietly moved on.
And now it is discreetly noted, amongst many other things in the minutes of the 3-hour-long Overview Committee (22 Sep 2015), that “The Business Taff was no longer considered to be required or the best way to improve communication with business in East Devon”.
(See last line on page 4, Item 12, Economic development, at this link http://eastdevon.gov.uk/media/1366334/171115-overview-agenda-combined.pdf )
So whatever was all the fuss about?
East Devon Watch 