There is an urgent need for more homes and councils should be given the flexibility to provide them, argues Mark Rogers.
My youngest son took his first job in mid-2010 in East London and was joined in 2012 by his wife-to-be.
Five years and £67k in rent later, they have given up saving for a deposit to buy the equivalent of an airing cupboard in Walthamstow and have moved to Doncaster.
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