Property News · May 1, 2016

Generation rent: can your landlord be your friend?


As rents soar, the gap between landlords and tenants is becoming a social division as much as it is a financial oneThe “housing crisis”, most would agree, is a bad thing: a generalised social problem with multiple and complex causes, like poverty or conflict. But few are willing, or able, to see their part in it. Blame the lack of house building, we say, or the financial crash of 2008. Blame the banks, the green belt, immigration, family breakdown. Don’t, whatever you do, blame ordinary people who simply choose to turn the situation to their advantage. And don’t, under any circumstances, consider the social consequences of that advantage. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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