Britain's Broken Housing Market
Is building more homes the only answer to fixing the housing market?
The Briefing Room · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
The government says the housing market is broken and that it's holding the country back. As prices have risen, fewer people are able to get on the housing ladder, and more are now renting privately later into their lives.
Many argue we're not building enough new homes. But is that the only problem? David Aaronovitch speaks to a panel of experts to find out and travels to Bristol to see what effect the housing crisis is having on the way people live there.
Contributors:
Dame Kate Barker, economist and author of a government review on housing supply
Lindsay Judge, Senior Research and Policy Analyst at the Resolution Foundation
Emma Maier, Editor, Inside Housing
Councillor Paul Smith, Labour cabinet member for homes, Bristol City Council
Producer: Phil Kemp Researcher: Sam Bright Editor: Innes Bowen.