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The crisis is a function of a deep contradiction at the heart of the system, whereby we treat homes both as places to live, and also as financial instruments; a source of 'passive income'. We know that location value is created by the community – and yet we allow it to be privately captured, creating a valuable asset class. In theory at least, we k... See more

Almost every major economy in the world today has a housing crisis, driven by the inflating value of land. In truth, although we call it a 'housing crisis' it might be better thought of as an 'everything' crisis, in that our dysfunctional relationship with land and property – and the broken incentives it creates – sit at the root of almost every so... See more