What's causing the housing crisis?

Brick by brick, Britain’s housing is crumbling further into a state of emergency.

Since 1970, the cost of homes in the UK have continued to rise and are now among the highest on earth.

So, what brought on the crisis? And what’s the government intending to do to solve it? The Sun Explains…

8.4million people living in unaffordable and overcrowded homes in England:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/9980236/housing-crisis-uk-social-homes/

Britain’s housing crisis ‘could be solved by building homes on brownfield land in cities’:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8710897/housing-crisis-saved-by-brownfield-land/

Next PM must spend billions to build 145,000 homes every year, housing groups warn:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9365874/prime-minister-affordable-homes-warning/

Pre-built homes with kitchens and bathrooms are lowered into empty building – but could they fix the housing crisis?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/9704549/modular-construction-bristol-solve-housing-crisis/

Footballers’ housing crisis: How Premier League stars are struggling to get on the property ladder despite being worth millions:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/

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