More funding, less planning could get us out of housing crisis

Chris Philp

We face a housing crisis. The level of owner occupation is falling ­­ — from a peak of 69% down to 64% today. Many under-35s in whole swathes of the country simply cannot afford to buy their own home. This is a social as well as an economic tragedy.

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