Housing Crisis in the UK
The housing crisis in the UK can only be solved by building more homes, but this requires significant changes to Britain's complex planning laws.
A personal experience of renting in the UK in 2025 highlights the grim reality. A flat in south London, shared with a friend, was found to be damp-infested and poorly furnished, with a monthly rent of over £1,000 per person.
We’d each been paying more than a thousand pounds a month for a damp-infested, badly furnished ground floor property in desperate need of repair.
At the end of the tenancy, the letting agent proposed unreasonable deductions from the deposit, including a claim for dirty carpets, despite there being no carpets in the property.
- Damp-infested and poorly furnished property
- High monthly rent
- Unreasonable deposit deductions
Author's summary: UK housing crisis requires urgent planning law reforms.