The Bunker – News without the nonsense Roofless People – The Radical Rethink that Housing Needs?
A home should be a sanctuary. But for many people, it means sharing a bed, worrying about whether you’ll have a roof over your head, or whether home ownership is even possible. Hashi Mohamed, lawyer and author of A Home of One’s Own, calls Ros Taylor from his home in Wembley, to talk about arriving in Britain as a child refugee, why the planning system is political, and how we can tackle the housing crisis and now.
- “The planning system is perceived as a place where ideas go to die. But the reality is more boring.”
- “Local politics just plays out through the planning system.”
- “Your child won't get on the property ladder, your grandchild certainly won't. So how can you both worry about the housing crisis, and say 'not in my back yard'?”
- “People don't understand that new houses in your area actually leads to the value of your property going up.”
- “Housing has moved from the place where you lay your head to a pension fund.”
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Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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