It’s time we gave up on Thatcher’s home-owning dream
The IndependentI believe that the current housing crisis can be traced back to Margaret Thatcher selling off council housing at a considerable discount. Until Thatcher, it was an aspiration to own one’s home, but many were satisfied with renting well-designed council houses at a reasonable rent. Tim Sidaway Hertfordshire Build anywhere but the green belt About the housing crisis, Chris Packham has got the balance exactly right. The government should consider all options before embarking on the demolition of the relatively unspoilt areas, which would likely result in further depletion of wildlife, much of which is already on a knife’s edge. In my own area, the local council has built a shiny new multi-storey car park which, last time I counted, contained seven vehicles in the middle of the day.
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