Housing Crisis in the UK
The housing crisis in the UK can only be solved by building more homes, but this requires a significant overhaul of the country's complex planning laws.
A personal experience illustrates the grim reality of renting in the UK. In March 2025, the author moved out of a flat in south London, where he and his friend each paid over £1,000 per month for a damp-infested and poorly furnished property.
We’d each been paying more than a thousand pounds a month for a damp-infested, badly furnished ground floor property in desperate need of repair.
The condition of the property was appalling, with mice scuttling around in the floorboards at night. When the tenancy ended, the author and his friend requested their deposit back, but the letting agent proposed unreasonable deductions, including a claim that they had left the carpets dirty, despite there being no carpets in the property.
- Damp-infested property
- Poorly furnished
- Mice infestation
- Unreasonable deposit deductions
Author's summary: UK housing crisis needs urgent solution.
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