{"id":102016,"date":"2018-12-04T23:59:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T16:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-housing-crisis-hurts-the-young-and-the-poor-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T00:03:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T17:03:13","slug":"uk-housing-crisis-hurts-the-young-and-the-poor-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-housing-crisis-hurts-the-young-and-the-poor-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"UK housing crisis hurts the young and the poor | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGuardian readers air their views on high property prices, a lack of affordable housing, and rogue landlordsGaby Hinsliff\u2019s forebodings (If a house price crash sounds like good news, you should think again, 30 November) are for the haves, not the have-nots. Unless prices come back to a mortgageable multiplier of average local earnings, more and more young adults and families without inherited property wealth face a lifetime of insecure renting.Neither is there much hope for them in \u201caffordable homes\u201d when developers can reduce or avoid provision if they argue that it would bring a scheme\u2019s profit margin below 20%. Continue reading…
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