Reviews

Short, pamphlet sized book and probably not a huge amount of new thinking for anyone who has read or pondered around this subject significantly, but very well written and digestible.

The UK housing crisis is something that is all-consuming for many, probably doesn't get the attention it fully deserves owing to the fact that many journalists, politicians and other people in positions of power are home-owners (or indeed landlords, as Hashi notes). This book reflects on the psychological instability caused by not having secure housing and how this bleeds into other areas of society - this is enlightened by his own personal anecdotes of both being a child refugee being bumped from temporary accommodation to temporary accommodation as well as his current role as a planning barrister. Having this personal perspective makes this a much more successful book, and although many of his points have been touched upon elsewhere in other literature, it makes it worth reading.