{"id":97814,"date":"2018-09-14T00:24:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T17:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/britains-housing-crisis-slow-progress-and-a-radical-quick-fix-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-09-14T01:03:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T18:03:19","slug":"britains-housing-crisis-slow-progress-and-a-radical-quick-fix-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/britains-housing-crisis-slow-progress-and-a-radical-quick-fix-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s housing crisis: slow progress and a radical quick fix | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRadhika Bynon, Sheron Carter et al, Stephen Battersby, Joe Burlington, Austen Lynch and Rebecca Reynolds offer their solutionsThe University of York\u2019s analysis on\u00a0the state of the UK private rented sector was shocking, finding that one in three homes in England at the lowest rents are classed as non-decent, with children living in unacceptable conditions (Rise in number of families who live in squalid rented homes, 10\u00a0September). Calls for simplified regulation and new houses to be built are unanimous, but the consistent failure to hit new-build targets, plus the encompassing distraction of Brexit, give little opportunity for hope or for\u00a0immediate change at state level.We need to focus on innovation and scaling up the solutions that make the sector work better, now. From social lettings agencies and homeshare schemes to ventures that overcome barriers like credit histories, the Young Foundation supports innovators working locally to achieve great outcomes. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Radhika Bynon, Sheron Carter et al, Stephen Battersby, Joe Burlington, Austen Lynch and Rebecca Reynolds...<\/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-97814","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-prE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":116679,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tenants-at-risk-as-crisis-looms-over-rented-homes-sector\/","url_meta":{"origin":97814,"position":0},"title":"Tenants at risk as crisis looms over rented homes sector","date":"May 27, 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