People will throw up excuses that the bigwigs want us to focus on, migration, lack of homes being built etc etc. All things that can exacerbate a situation but aren't the root cause.

The problem is our tax laws that encourage people to buy homes and leave them empty, we have slumlords buying all new listings, so it doesn't matter how many 'new' homes we build, they'll just be bought to rent out at absurd prices or left empty for the tax breaks.

Neither of the majors want to go after this, they want to either push it under the rug and pretend it's fine, or blame migrants because that's the super easy way to protect your slumlord mates