{"id":159844,"date":"2025-08-24T23:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-guardian-view-on-build-to-rent-hardly-a-solution-to-the-housing-crisis-editorial\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T23:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:39:07","slug":"the-guardian-view-on-build-to-rent-hardly-a-solution-to-the-housing-crisis-editorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-guardian-view-on-build-to-rent-hardly-a-solution-to-the-housing-crisis-editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian view on build-to-rent: hardly a solution to the housing crisis | Editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLabour is hoping that big investors will build more homes. But there\u2019s no guarantee they will be genuinely affordableTo an outside eye, English cities might seem deliberately designed to foment a housing crisis. Unconstrained by craggy topography or fortified ramparts, their Victorian developers built endless streets of low-rise terraces. Cities that expanded during the Industrial Revolution are less dense than their European equivalents and have far fewer flats. Their private rental sectors are fragmented, dominated by small-time landlords for whom property ownership is often a second career.In recent years, large investors have begun bankrolling high-rise apartment blocks that promise to create the type of housing that English cities need. These \u201cbuild-to-rent\u201d developments are transforming the skylines of Manchester and London, and have added about 14,000 new homes each year since 2020. For a Labour government that hopes to build 1.5m homes, the sector\u2019s growth looks like a blessing. Clive Betts, the Labour MP who chairs a build-to-rent taskforce, has described such developments as \u201cgood-quality housing with a real future\u201d. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Labour is hoping that big investors will build more homes. 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