Homesick : how housing broke London and how to fix it
Apps, Peter (Journalist)2025
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London is broken. Only those with vast cash deposits can get on the property ladder, private rents have spiralled out of control and the wait for social housing is measured in decades. Once vibrant communities are being uprooted, schools are closing down and homelessness is rampant. It was not always like this. In the 1980s, builders and nurses could afford family-sized homes, there was abundant social housing and long-term security for private renters. Tracing the last 40 years of housing policy, Peter Apps examines this transformation, following a diverse group of Londoners as their fortunes rise and fall across the decades amid the economic forces sweeping through the city.
Main title:
Homesick : how housing broke London and how to fix it / Peter Apps.
Author:
Apps, Peter (Journalist), author
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2025.
Collation:
352 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781836430360 (hbk)
Dewey class:
363.509421363.509
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1749234