How do we fix the UK housing crisis?
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By Hilary Osborne, Pamela Duncan, Lydia McMullan
How do you fix a housing crisis that has its foundations in policy decisions that go back decades? Unsurprisingly, there is not one answer.
The issues of high house prices – illustrated by the large swathes of Great Britain in which key workers are priced out – as well as a lack of affordable rented homes and homelessness will need a wide range of measures to tackle. We asked experts for their ideas.
Build differently
“The UK’s housing affordability crisis has been building for decades, with younger generations locked out of home ownership and spending long periods of time living in often high-cost, poor-quality private rented accommodation,” says Lindsay Judge, research director at the Resolution Foundation thinktank.
“Sadly, if anything, the pandemic has made housing even less affordable for young people.”
Judge says a fresh approach is needed that includes building more homes in high-demand areas of the UK, such as the major citi...
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