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Matthew Parris

There is no housing crisis. It would be easier if there were

10 February 2018

9:00 AM

10 February 2018

9:00 AM

Britain does not have a housing shortage. We have a problem with the cost not the availability of homes. This can’t be solved by building more houses, because it is not caused by an insufficiency of houses.

I’m no economist. My understanding of the dismal science is rudimentary. I may be shot down in flames as an ignoramus.

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