{Financing a C[ircles] A[nalysis &] S[ynthesis] Utopia (1) [continued (5)]}[21st March 1990]

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Similarly,* basic maintenance and warmth-energy would be provided by the State free of charge for these units.** At this stage we have to consider costs! – eg[:]

capital provision of housing units

£10,000 x c50,000,000 persons = £500,000,000,000

(£500 billion)

– over a period of 25 years = £20 billion p[er] a[nnum]

£20bn***

– not an impossible sum, especially as the actual requirement would probably be a great deal less.****

Housing should be designed to last indefinitely; but technology may render it obsolete after 20+ years.

*[See last 2 previous entries]

**[Better surely to include an allowance for energy, water & other wasteable consumption in a basic income]

***↓[carried forward to next journal entry]

****[Presumably because no account was taken of existing housing stock (see [Redbook7:98-101][19900323:1500]{Financing a C[ircles] A[nalysis &] S[ynthesis] Utopia (2)}[23rd March 1990]), much of which should be capable of upgrading at considerably lower cost (some of which would by incurred by private home-owners)]

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