"The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis"

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/19/end-of-landlords-surprisingly-simple-solution-to-uk-housing-crisis

'Over the last 25 years, there has not just been a constant surplus of homes per household, but the ratio has been modestly growing while our living situations have been getting so much worse.'

'We now find ourselves in a situation where one in every 21 adults in the UK is a landlord. We have four times as many landlords as teachers. As a consequence, virtually everyone struggles to afford a home that meets their needs despite a net gain in housing stock.'

'Where Adam Smith and Karl Marx found common ground was in the idea that everyone’s interests are aligned against landlords: they are an economic deadweight.'

#landlords #UK

The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis

Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism

The Guardian

@cassolotl I'm all for landlords owning houses, I have an old friend who currently bought his house then got his dads house when he died but my friend isn't rich in any way

But I do want to say what's the big fuss of owning a home, won't you think it would be easier for people to at least get a council house, that way the house can be fix for nothing or is a council house not good enough