Regulate the housing market by creating more social housing and the mass construction of rent controlled, high quality housing at cost

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The UK economy is heavily unbalanced and society is under severe strain because of the unhealthy proccupation with property values . The private sector should be controlled and the govt should intervene to create more social housing with a new  agile and diverse  philosophy that would allow tenants to rent, buy, exchange but with clearly defined rules on standards of upkeep and presentation .

Southern Europe has some interesting models with public corporations that develop public and private land under cost controlled ,socially  diverse  responsible and means tested models that allow , different age groups, economic classes etc to establish a foothold in areas otherwise closed to them .

Rent controlled projects should be encouraged to draw demand away from the private sector and prevent overheating in the housing market .

Why is it important?

Because the UK is becoming an increasingly unjust society for all age groups , where its native citizens are being denied access to housing against a backdrop of stagnant or falling wages and falling industrial output . Govt interevention is required to stabilize an  out of control market situation that is damaging the competitiveness and stbility of our society.

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