{"id":111762,"date":"2019-10-21T20:11:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T13:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/van-homes-arent-romantic-they-are-proof-of-our-horrifying-housing-crisis\/"},"modified":"2019-10-21T21:04:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:04:30","slug":"van-homes-arent-romantic-they-are-proof-of-our-horrifying-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/van-homes-arent-romantic-they-are-proof-of-our-horrifying-housing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Van homes\u2019 aren\u2019t romantic \u2013 they are proof of our horrifying housing crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMore than 21,000 people applied to convert their vehicles into dwellings in the past year. This is why we need 21st-century council housingFinally, an ingenious solution to a housing crisis that is sapping the quality of life of an entire generation: the humble van. More than 21,000 Britons applied to the DVLA in the past year \u2013 a rise of almost two-thirds in two years \u2013 to convert their van into a home. These can be furnished to include a shower, a bed, cooking facilities and a seating area. Apparently, some van homes even have hot tubs. With your cosy cubby-hole on wheels, you can escape the tyranny of a private rental sector defined by rip-off rents and a lack of security and roam the British landscape, unshackled, free!Stop this \u2013 stop this immediately. This is yet another attempt to glamorise a national scandal, to dress up desperation at the inability of a wealthy society to provide one of the most basic needs of its citizens as kooky and fun. Will historians look back at this as a wacky, innovative trend, or will they write: \u201cIn 2019, citizens of the country with the sixth-biggest economy were forced to transform vehicles into places to live because of the lack of affordable housing\u201d? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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