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Housing lists top 100 years in some boroughs

Socialist polices could end the housing crisis Lottie Young, Waltham Forest Young Socialists Waiting lists for a family-sized social home now exceed 100 years in a number of local authorities, a report from the National Housing Federation has found. 164,040 children in England are homeless and stuck in damaging temporary accommodation, a dire situation that […]

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We need high-quality, genuinely affordable housing

Rae Cox Young workers face enormous challenges accessing the basics in life, and nowhere is this more obvious than with housing. In Oxford, where I live, median house prices are over 12 times higher than median annual incomes, that’s nearly 50% higher than the average for England and Wales. So for young workers, renting is […]