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IELTS Essay: Governments should spend less money on restoring old buildings and more money...

Prompt

Governments should spend less money on restoring old buildings and more money for new housing and roads development. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#heritage_preservation#new_construction#budget_allocation#housing_shortage#infrastructure_investment#urban_development

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 acknowledges both needs; Band 9 deconstructs the premise (these aren't pure trade-offs; heritage buildings can become housing; real constraint is land use policy and regulatory barriers, not restoration budgets).

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Key concepts in this essay

budget constraints and competing priorities
adaptive reuse and remediation technologies
heritage value and non-monetary cultural benefits
supply-side constraints in housing markets beyond capital investment

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

False dichotomy: acting as if money spent on restoration can't be spent on new building (often different funding sources, timelines)
Ignoring that housing shortage has other drivers (zoning, financing, labour) than building budget alone
Not discussing adaptive reuse: old buildings retrofitted for new housing or offices

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