The Importance of Housing

In living in the UK, the only aspiration you're really allowed to have is to be a landlord. But that becomes more and more challenging as housing crisis worsens. The idea of doing up like a pre bailed out, like state backed mortgage insurer has nothing to do with people getting their getting on the housing ladder or getting their first property. That's an ancillary benefit to what its actual purpose is, which is ensuring that there is some way for people who are selling to continue selling their houses at inflated prices.

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