{"id":63414,"date":"2017-08-11T13:23:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T06:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dont-feel-grateful-for-social-housing-its-a-basic-human-right-lisa-mckenzie\/"},"modified":"2017-08-11T13:28:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T06:28:57","slug":"dont-feel-grateful-for-social-housing-its-a-basic-human-right-lisa-mckenzie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dont-feel-grateful-for-social-housing-its-a-basic-human-right-lisa-mckenzie\/","title":{"rendered":"Don't feel grateful for social housing. It's a basic human right | Lisa McKenzie"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe should stop seeing social housing as scarce or precious. It\u2019s as much a necessity as good healthcare and educationLisa McKenzie is an LSE sociology fellow Today, 1.61 million people in England live in council housing \u2013 only 8% of the population . In 1979, it was 42% of people. Back then, people with no hope of the relative stability of owning property had somewhere stable to live. Now, social housing has become the holy grail, a rare and seemingly precious resource only for the most needy. But the idea that property is a precious financial resource is dangerous. Viewing it in this way can easily make us forget that housing is in fact a necessity, a social good, just like healthcare and education. Related: \u2018Housing should be seen as a human right. Not a commodity\u2019 | Patrick Butler Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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