The Adam Smith Institute takes on the critical housing shortage in the UK, which is driving up prices and locking many people (especially young, would-be first time homebuyers) out of home ownership, and suggests the commonsense — in fact, only — solution: build more houses. That includes opening up “green belts” around big cities, which have constrained growth.
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