Rising house prices have been willed by public policy over decades. The fallout for families, communities and business has been severe
“Every day I cry,” says an activist on a stall in Stratford, east London, that is shared by housing campaign Focus E15 and the Revolutionary Communist party. “How many thousands of people are suffering?”
Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has said that problems with housing are the “biggest risk” to the UK economy. The CBI agreed, saying: “A perfect storm is brewing in the housing market. Now is the time for action.”
The notion that there is no land left is nonsense: 9% of the UK is developed, and that includes roads, factories…
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