{"id":66380,"date":"2017-09-14T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/build-to-rent-the-solution-to-britains-housing-crisis\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T12:10:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T05:10:17","slug":"build-to-rent-the-solution-to-britains-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/build-to-rent-the-solution-to-britains-housing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Build-to-rent \u2013 the solution to Britain&#039;s housing crisis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPurpose-built block of rental homes, including affordable units and extensive facilities, are fast becoming a hot investmentAygul Zagidullina is not mad about football, but when she received a newsletter through the door about new rental homes opening next to Wembley Stadium in north London, she and her husband did not need much persuading. They were the first tenants to move into Quintain\u2019s 7,600-home Wembley Park development, which will include 5,000 purpose-built rental homes. It is the biggest build-to-rent project in the UK, worth \u00a33bn, and when it is finished in 2025-26, about 15,000 people are expected to be living and working on the 85-acre site. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2017\/sep\/14\/build-to-rent-the-solution-to-britains-housing-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">Build-to-rent \u2013 the solution to Britain&#8217;s housing crisis?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Purpose-built block of rental homes, including affordable units and extensive facilities, are fast becoming a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-hgE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":159844,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-guardian-view-on-build-to-rent-hardly-a-solution-to-the-housing-crisis-editorial\/","url_meta":{"origin":66380,"position":0},"title":"The Guardian view on build-to-rent: hardly a solution to the housing crisis | Editorial","date":"August 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Labour is hoping that big investors will build more homes. 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