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Housebuilding or immigration?

A scarcity of homes not only leaves renters and mortgage-holders with less disposable income, but contributes to a host of social ills.

Aug 02, 2023
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Written by Noah Carl.

The cost of housing is widely considered one of the UK’s biggest economic problems – if not the biggest. According to the housing theory of everything, a scarcity of homes not only leaves renters and mortgage-holders with less disposable income, but contributes to a host of social ills, including obesity, inequality and sub-replacement fertility.

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