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HOUSING activists and experts united yesterday to plan a campaign designed to smash property speculators during a Mipim "counter conference".
The Cities for People Not for Profit conference kicked off yesterday evening with speakers from local and international campaigns addressing issues like evictions and the demolition of council estates.
New Economics Foundation researcher James Meadway said: "The conference matters because while the developers and speculators are licking their chops at the prospect of yet more fat gains to be squeezed out of London's property market, it's the rest of society that pay for their profits."
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