{"id":80130,"date":"2018-02-16T18:33:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T11:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/only-labour-can-solve-a-housing-crisis-the-tories-created-owen-jones\/"},"modified":"2018-02-16T19:05:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T12:05:49","slug":"only-labour-can-solve-a-housing-crisis-the-tories-created-owen-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/only-labour-can-solve-a-housing-crisis-the-tories-created-owen-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Only Labour can solve a housing crisis the Tories created | Owen Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s no surprise that home ownership for young adults has collapsed. It\u2019s the left alone that offers policies that will helpNeoliberalism is a con, a fraud, and Britain\u2019s housing crisis vividly illustrates why. The populist promise of neoliberalism has always been about extending choice for the individual. In a properly functioning society \u2013 which sadly we do not have \u2013 young Britons would be able to choose between a comfortable council house on a secure tenancy, a privately rented home with an affordable rent and security, and home ownership. All of these options have been trashed.Hundreds of thousands languish on social housing waiting lists because new stock isn\u2019t being built. An unregulated private rented sector means both rip-off rents and a lack of security, depriving tenants of the ability to set down roots in communities. And as new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies demonstrates, home ownership for middle-income young adults has more than halved in just two decades. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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It\u2019s no surprise that home ownership for young adults has collapsed. 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