There are many dimensions to the housing crisis, but one that is sometimes under-reported (outside the consumer pages) is the dire quality of many new-build houses.... linked to some extent to skill shortages in building, but also to corner cutting & bad process design in the building projects....
Here's one example of quite how wrong it can go....
#housing #profiteering #workers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ej5v1ney1o
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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