Guernsey staff accommodation disgraceful
Mr Lansdown said: "I have been appalled by some of the sites I have seen, trying to find accomodation for my staff. "I've been embarrassed and I think, there are certain places you could quite happily go in there and refgurb and revamp them, but because of planning restrictions you're stopped from doing this."Guernsey's Development and Planning Authority has been approached for comment.
Ms Jones said the next States needed to "rip up the rule book and start again" when it came to housing: "We need to bring costs down tio allow people to afford to live."We are the first generation who has grown up in an era where earning a decent living, working hard, doesn't mean you can afford to live well, it's a sad place to be."In 2023 a report commissioned by the States of Guernsey by housing experts ARC showed an average-priced property cost more than 16.3 times as much as average earnings, compared to 16 in Jersey and 8.3 in England. Ms Jones said: "It means I'm a bit depressed, you never feel safe, you are always worried if a landlord is going to chuck you out."I pay more than half my wages on rent, and no generation before has done that and it has crept up."
Over a coffee at the election roadshow, Bob Renstead said the current pressure on housing had been made worse by the island's population policy.In 2022 Guernsey's States agreed to grow the island's population by 300 people every year. "We are bringing so many outside workers in, while there are so many locals who are on benefits and can work."The latest figures from the States of Guernsey showed there were 259 jobseekers without work at the end of March in 2025 - a decrease of eight compared to the previous month and a decrease of 52 compared to March 2024.Jenny Nicolle agreed that getting more houses built should be the priority for the incoming States: "I'm very concerned that we have young people leaving, I'm very concerned for young people with mortgages and the cost of childcare, it's getting impossible really for them to live day to day."She has asked candidates to look at raising the allowances for income tax for the island's young people.
Bob Angus agreed that housing and its impact on the cost of living locally, was the top priority for this States: "The chances for youngsters getting on the ladder are pretty much non-existent, or very slim. The States had originally said it needed 1,565 new units of accommodation between 2023 and 2027, but last year it dropped that target to 1,488 units needed by 2028.BBC Guernsey's next election roadshow is at Forest Stores on 13 June and the final roadshow is on 17 June in Market Square.
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