The coronavirus crisis has affected every facet of our daily lives. The stalling economy is high on the news agenda, but people’s lives have faced a wall too, including when it comes to home ownership aspirations.
Editor: While the concept of social distancing has stalled the majority of the country’s housebuilding projects, it has also raised the question of whether today’s new homes and developments can handle future pandemics.
With a new government comes a new agenda, but some of the same arguments around leasehold reform continue to rumble on. This is perhaps to be expected, given that the UK uses a system of home ownership that is still rooted in medieval history.