There isn't so much a shortage of homes as there is an over-abundance of landlords.
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https://www.centreforcities.org/publication/the-housebuilding-crisis/
Compared to the average European country, Britain today has a backlog of 4.3 million homes that are missing from the national housing market as they were never built.
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Housebuilding rates in England and Wales have dropped by more than a third after the introduction of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, from 2 per cent growth per year between 1856 and 1939 to 1.2 per cent between 1947 and 2019.
This has been a key factor behind the UK’s long-standing housing crisis, which has led to inflated property prices and soaring rents in recent decades.
So how much longer can the Tories rob the UK while preventing a General Election?
Well they've been doing it for centuries, so why stop now?
if you mean this literally? then until the 28th of january, 2025
and before some of you pipe up and say "nuh uh, by convention elections are held on thursdays/held in summer/held whenever", like, when has this government cared about convention 😅
the conservatives have zero reason to call it early. dont be surprised if it goes all the way to the legal limit
Thanks. Being from the USA, I legitimately didn't know.
Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/JCp2k
Calling the government’s reforms a “grubby concession” to backbenchers who want to block housing development, Matthew Pennycook, shadow housing minister, has pledged that Labour would enact “mandatory targets that bite on individual local planning authorities” if it came to power.
The issue of housing and planning is set to be a point of contention in this year’s general election, with the Centre for Cities think-tank estimating that the UK has a historical backlog of 4mn unbuilt homes, with an average house in England now costing more than 10 times the average salary.
This needs to be the first thing Labour does in power. If they can get more homes built, everything else will be much easier to deliver!