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> Glasgow council is selling land like its going out of fashion to developers

Guessing the sentiment here is that this is bad? Why exactly? Is Glasgow not growing and ever more people needing roofs over heads?

I've never once heard a person hate on farmers for producing too much food for consumption but the moment developers come even close to meeting demand for housing they are considered on par with criminals.

Both are essentials for life. Yet an abundance of one may reduce an individuals personal wealth.

In my country developers are banned from political donations, bikie gangs (organised criminals) are not.

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Because private developers only build housing for a profit, which does not make it possible to satisfy everyone's needs and is therefore not in line with the supposed purpose of the council. If it truly cared about the needs of its constituents, the council could contract out to develop the land itself and provide housing at a cost accessible to everyone. Instead there is a lot of money sloshing around for the wealthy and powerful, and a lot of poor people with inadequate housing. This is why these people are considered "on par with criminals" and why your farming analogy is not really relevant.