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Rural poverty in southern England is rapdily increasing. I don't think that this will be a shock to anyone living in Sussex or Kent. What to do about it? Well, a start would be to release more land for housing so that supply increases and prices fall (after the recovery, which will surely come).
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The only problem would be whether they would release enough land to provide housing over and above the numbers that would first be taken by the second home/upmarket commuter brigade. I know that techinically that would bring their money into the area but I don’t think they would necessarily be spending it in ruralville.
Anything which increases supply will naturally lead to a reduction in price until equilibrium is found. See Adam Smith.