Successive governments since Thatcher have helped make a bad situation worse by stoking up demand while inhibiting supply
Two days after the BBC again aired Cathy Come Home, Ken Loach’s 1966 drama about homelessness, up pops the Resolution Foundation to remind us that the problem hasn’t gone away. Far from it, in the opinion of some experienced observers.
According to the thinktank’s latest report , which led Tuesday’s Guardian and Radio 4 news bulletins, home ownership is at its lowest level (64%) since 1986 when Margaret Thatcher’s election-winning boom in council house sales was still gathering momentum. It peaked at 71% in April 2003.
Related: Home ownership in England at lowest level in 30 years as housing crisis grows
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