Rentier capitalism is keeping us poor. Zack Polanski has a solution…
The Green Party have approved a policy to abolish landlords, in a bid to repair the ailing UK housing market.
It’s a headline-grabbing policy – but it’s not as crazy as it might first appear.
Meanwhile, Labour have announced plans to shake up the house-buying process, while the Conservatives want to give first-time buyers £5,000.
Could any of these housing policies work?
Oli Dugmore is joined by Luke O’Reilly and Megan Kenyon to discuss the state of the UK housing market, and the housing policies of the Greens, Labour and the Conservatives.
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The government will live or die by housing
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