Home is where the heart is. It is also one of the most pressing issues in the UK right now. House prices have been rising unchecked for decades.
Meanwhile, there aren’t enough to buy and a significant proportion don’t meet the standards of quality laid out by the government. But while the UK housing crisis is high on the political agenda, it’s often misunderstood. The Centre for Cities, a think tank, reckons that Britain isn’t dealing with a single crisis, but lots of localised ones, with each densely populated area in the midst of its own shortage.
