Urban Land For The Rural Poor

What can liberals offer the rural poor?

How about cheap, affordable, URBAN land?

The idea is simplicity itself: Each and every urban agglomeration in India must be made to “sprawl” outwards with rapid transport connections into the surrounds – roads, trams etc.

These transport connections will increase the total supply of urban land substantially, bringing down prices.

This will allow more and more rural people to afford the shift to a city, buy a cheap plot of land and set up house.

For those who cannot afford this, the repeal of rent control will enable them to rent quality homes at affordable rates.

What about the completely destitute?

I have made the suggestion that all urban roads should be built with extremely wide footpaths, so that poor migrants from rural areas can sleep on them.

The police should protect them.

And there should be guard railings on the footpaths so that they are not run over by drunken drivers.

So, on a cool Sunday morning, is that a good idea or what?

Think about it. And read my old post "Unsprawled".