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More and better council homes must be at the heart of a new approach to housing
Housing is the front line of a major political battle — it’s time to step up the fight, argues GLYN ROBBINS

HOUSING has become the new front line of class conflict. Around the world, working-class communities battle for survival against the private property machine.  

When someone who was a slumlord becomes US president, it’s clear how far the dial has turned away from housing as a universal human right.  

Eulogising his phoney peace deal with North Korea, Donald Trump talked about how many luxury apartments he’d like to build there.
Another housing world is possible, but we stand at a critical moment, illustrated by the situation in Britain.  

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