It is no coincidence that the housing disaster started under the Tory government led by Margaret Thatcher. She actively aimed to destroy the concept of council housing, along with all types of public ownership, and propelled greed to the forefront of British life (“Council houses were once a glory of the public realm. Let’s return to those days”, Rowan Moore, Comment). The 30 years since, uninterrupted by the Tony Blair/Gordon Brown New Labour governments, have created the disasters we see around us, from ludicrous house prices, scandalous homelessness and dysfunctional markets for energy and even the water we drink.
In London, we see block after ugly block of unaffordable home in almost every area, destroying long-established communities and skylines, while contributing nothing to the community. When will we get a government that will stop the insanity?
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