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What can be done about the homes crisis

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The world faces a squeeze on affordable housing.

The world is facing a housing squeeze. By the end of this decade, the UN estimates that 40 per cent of the world’s population will need access to adequate housing.

Already, housing affordability is at crisis levels in many countries.  Surging prices mean millions cannot afford to buy a home.

How policymakers address the issue will have ramifications for a generation struggling to afford a roof above their heads.

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Editors Note: In the story “Housing affordability” sent at: 29/05/2023 07:49.

This is a corrected repeat.

In this Special Report

The road to better, cheaper housing starts in your neighbourhood. : Photo by Larry Snickers: Pexels.com https://www.pexels.com/license/

Governments around the world are searching for how to fix housing affordability, but the solutions will have to be local and community based.

Why building more won’t make houses affordable
The challenge for Australia is how best to help the young get their foot on the ‘property ladder’. : Susannah Binstead/Finder via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/193687615@N08/51358087313 CCBY2.0

Cashed-up parents and governments hold the key to helping a generation of Australians buy a home.

How to help the young buy a home
Leasing your way to owning: How do rent-to-buy schemes measure up against the alternatives? : Unsplash: Andy Wang Unsplash Licence (https://unsplash.com/license)

Fewer young people have the means to buy their first home, but is there a way to shortcut a failing system?

How you could rent your way to buying a first home
Owning your own home increasingly feels out of reach for many. : Unsplash: Tom Rumble Unsplash Licence (https://unsplash.com/license)

How political parties have influenced our desire to own our own homes.

Home ownership is not only personal but political
The British-style planning system brings uncertainty into the development process that can get in the way of projects being built. Unsplash: Jamie Street Unsplash Licence : Jamie Street, Unsplash Unsplash Licence

A hard-to-see difference in building planning systems is making the business of creating houses a riskier, more expensive gambit in countries like Britain.

Playing by the rules could help the housing crisis
Indian cities are experiencing a severe affordable rental housing crisis, with a steady decline in available rentals. : Saransh Sinha via Unsplash Unsplash Licence

The rise in short-term rentals has put pressure on rentals in India to such a degree, it might be time for authorities to step in.

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Chris Bartlett
Deputy Editor, 360info Asia-Pacific