Alternative lending sources

摘要

The UK's housing shortage is a high profile issue, with the 300,000 houses that need to be built annually by the mid-2020s being a commonly cited figure in current debate. What is less discussed, however, is how the Government should actually solve this problem.Boris Johnson's drive to make housing a priority is welcome news, but his policies focus on traditional funding methods, ignoring new, innovative sources of funding such as Peer-to-Peer lending, crowdfunding and proptech investment platforms.