Telling us it’s okay to rent doesn’t make it okay to rent. The government needs to regulate the market

Theresa May’s main response to collapsing levels of homeownership among young people has been to tell the generation of permo-renters not to worry – that they’re “not any less of a person” for renting. It seems our PM believes that British obsession with home ownership, as summed up by the old adage, “An Englishman’s home is his castle”, can be flipped through a few calming words.

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