Damning new report exposes how ordinary working people are being bled dry, with millions skipping meals just to keep a roof overhead. The solution? Lock rents to wages and stop the rip-off.
Rent caps and price controls are a terrible idea. They'll make the problem worse in the long term.
Rent is high because there's a housing shortage. Any economically-literate policy to address this will try to improve housing supply, rather than punishing investment in housing. But this article doesn't even mention planning permission.
Rent caps and price controls are a terrible idea. They'll make the problem worse in the long term.
Rent is high because there's a housing shortage. Any economically-literate policy to address this will try to improve housing supply, rather than punishing investment in housing. But this article doesn't even mention planning permission.
Let's just allow more housebuilding.