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Labour tells councils to build on greenbelts as it restores mandatory housing targets (morningstaronline.co.uk)

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[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

“The government should be putting forward specific targets for council and social homes and ending the Right to Buy so that the 1.4 million households on the social housing waiting list can finally have a secure place to call home.

“Home ownership will not fix the housing crisis, and it’s time for the government to start treating housing as a public good, rather than a private asset for the wealthy.”

Mate, home ownership IS the crisis. Specifically who owns the places people are living in and why it isn't the people living there.