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摘要

Radical government intervention and investment is needed to tackle the crisis in the housing market, according to a report by trade union think-tank, the Centre for Labour and Social Studies. Report author James Murray, executive member for housing and development at Islington LBC, calls for housing benefit expenditure to be diverted to building new social housing and stronger regulation of the private rental market - along the lines of systems used in Germany, France, and US cities such as New York.