Our lack of affordable, safe housing is a national crisis. Here are three things Labour can do to fix it

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The failures in housing policy over several generations are now all too obvious: rising homelessness, families and key workers priced out of cities and a generation unable to move out of their parents’ homes. The next government needs to take radical action to change this picture, rather than make small tweaks to a failed system. These are some of the steps I would take to get there.

1. Invest in social housing