they allowed councils to sell off housing stock. The inevitable conclusion of minority control of our land, resources, and properties. Maybe it's time to just take the resources, take the land, and build the homes. Occupy them and refuse to move until suitable alternative homes are provided. The authoritarians who want minority ownership have failed to take the responsibilities along with the rights, so take the rights back. Broadly speaking this is a good thing, it should be harder to buy housing. 1) It was far too easy to get mortgages in the early 20th century; the fact that its harder now is just the market reverting to the state it should have been in all along. If you cant afford a 10% deposit then you have absolutely no business buying a house. Banks giving mortgages to people who could not afford them is one of the reasons why we are in the current economic crisis, and if it wasnt for the government keeping interest rates absurdly low (which is hurting economic recovery) then we would be seeing a lot of foreclosures among people who should not have taken out a mortgage in the first place. 2) People should not be having children if they cant afford a mortgage so I have zero sympathy for the families who have to rent. Raising a child costs you around 5-10k a year. If you delayed having the child and saved that money instead, you would be able to afford a deposit in