{"id":58094,"date":"2017-06-16T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dispossession-the-great-social-housing-swindle-review-balanced-look-at-a-dysfunctional-market\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T15:09:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T08:09:01","slug":"dispossession-the-great-social-housing-swindle-review-balanced-look-at-a-dysfunctional-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dispossession-the-great-social-housing-swindle-review-balanced-look-at-a-dysfunctional-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle review \u2013 balanced look at a dysfunctional market"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPaul Sng\u2019s clear-headed documentary successfully crunches vast amounts of material on the history and reality of affordable housing in BritainPaul Sng\u2019s documentary offers a carefully balanced, clear-headed study of the myriad ways the UK property market has skewed and malfunctioned in the years since the Thatcher regime established the right-to-buy scheme. What\u2019s notable is the scope of its inquiry: Sng ventures that the issue is as rooted in our primetime television schedules \u2013 where \u201cpoverty porn\u201d frames affordable housing as a dead end rather than a societal cornerstone \u2013 as in those decisions taken in high council chambers. It can feel breathless, striving to compress reams of information into 80 minutes, but Sng and cinematographer Nick Ward prove keen collectors of images that crystallise the debate they\u2019re entering. On one side, concrete foxholes in abject disrepair; on the other, the shrink-wrapped gleam of luxury developments raised solely to be traded as status symbols. The juxtaposition, as in all our hometowns, is a provocation in itself. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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