With homelessness on the increase,the UK should follow the Netherlands, Ireland, or Brazil and India where a right to housing is enshrined in lawHomelessness has increased by nearly a third in England and,with generation rent sleeping on sofas and over-40s locked out of mortgage finance, the need for a radical rethink of housing policy is urgent.
Leaving housing policy to parliament alone has clearly failed. What is needed is a radical change: a fresh law creating binding duties on government to guarantee to everyone a right to shelter and a right of access to adequate housing. It would ensure that no one has to sleep on the streets.
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Source: theguardian.com