HOMESICK: HOW HOUSING BROKE LONDON AND HOW TO FIX IT (PB)

It wasn’t always like this. In the 1980s, builders and nurses could afford family-sized homes; there was abundant social housing and security for long-term renters. Tracing the last forty years of housing policy, Peter Apps follows a diverse group of Londoners as their fortunes rise and fall. He looks at present and potential crises, but also gives reason to hope - exploring the ways in which London could transform from a market for private profit to a place that once more offers comfort, safety and opportunity for its citizens.