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Today’s March for Homes brings into sharp focus the urgent need to address London’s acute housing crisis.
The reasons for this crisis are clear. Council housebuilding has ground to a virtual halt, the Tory right to buy has significantly depleted the housing stock and housing associations are incapable of filling the gap.
London needs around 63,000 new homes each year. But only a third of these are being built, mostly by private developers.
Social Housing Action Campaign blasts PM’s decision to break commitment to allocate 100% of Affordable Homes Programme to social rents
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Burnham’s U-turn on tackling greedy landlords has let the country down
‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises