Due to the expanding

population, to the low

rate of building new
houses and to the age
of many existing
Not enough houses to
houses,
go around.

Often the money for this is

borrowed from the building society People own their
own houses or flats Many people been
on a "mortgage" and is paid back
homeless.
over twenty or thirty years.

There are three basic

Many people live in PROBLEM OF HOUSING
forms of
council flats or houses, IN BRITIAN Many others have been
Council housing has aroused accommodation.
these are owned living in overcrowded
controversial political issues
by the local council and buildings of a low
rented out. standard.

People rent There are still immense

accommodation from problems, particularly Though the
A complicated set of laws and
private around the centers of government and
regulations defines the right of
landlords, either the large cities. charities such as Shelter
landlords and tenants, governing
furnished or have been trying hard
unfurnished. to remedy this
situation,

HOUSING IN BRITIAN

The rise in the value of the A further problem since about 1970 : the
tremendous rise in the price of housing the value of houses doubled in about
A further problem since The value of houses two years, and unlikely to return to their earlier level
about 1970 : doubled in about house they are selling to some extent cancels out the rise in the price of a
the tremendous rise in two years, and unlikely house they wish to move to.
the price of to return to their
housing earlier level
It has made house-buying extremely difficult for those who
are buying a house for the first time such as young married couples.