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The Housing Crisis

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The Housing Crisis: Why Homes Became Unaffordable

WHO BROKE HOUSING?

Why did homes become so difficult to afford? Follow one household through deposits, mortgages, rents, land, planning, construction, social housing and regional inequality to see how the whole system fits together. The documentary explains why there is no single villain, which policies can improve affordability, and who bears the cost while the system changes. Official evidence, sources and caveats are included in the package.

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Chapters

  1. The Household the Averages Hide
  2. Five Prices Inside One Home
  3. Land: The Scarce Address
  4. Planning, Infrastructure and Permission
  5. Why Builders Do Not Release Every Home at Once
  6. Credit Turns Income Into Bids
  7. When Interest Rates Reset the Market
  8. Rent, Landlords and the Missing Rung
  9. Social Housing and the Meaning of Affordable
  10. Investment Demand, Empty Homes and Second Homes
  11. Why Places Diverge
  12. What Actually Increases Affordability
  13. Who Pays During the Transition
  14. Housing Is a System, Not One Villain

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