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RENTS have hit a new high — well above inflation — as new figures published today showed landlords keep increasing rents to allegedly offset new government legislation.
Housing campaigners blamed lack of controls for the spiralling crisis and demanded more houses be built to help slow down greedy landlords.
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) also revealed that average house prices had risen by £18,000 annually, with new buyers shelling out around £214,000 for their first home.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON