{"product_id":"against-landlords-how-to-solve-the-housing-crisis-hardcover","title":"Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Bano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen landlords always win and renters pay the price, what can be done?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHousing means prosperity and security for some; poverty, precarity and sickness for others. More people live in private rented accommodation than ever before, and rents rise without apparent reason. Homes are smaller every year, and nearly 20 per cent of tenants live in hazardous conditions. Homelessness is at a new high. Yet the government's only solution is to promote homeownership. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst Landlords\u003c\/i\u003e shows that this crisis is not the product of happenstance or political incompetence. Government policy has intentionally split British citizens into homeowners and renters, two classes set on very different financial paths. In the UK, one out of every twenty-one adults is a landlord, and it is this group, and those who aspire to join it, represented by the political class. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his radical new interpretation of the housing crisis, lawyer Nick Bano explains how this environment set the conditions for the Grenfell Tower fire and how it means a life of anxiety for the nation's renters. It is a problem that stretches far beyond London and one inherently racist in nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding more housing is not the solution. It is firstly a problem of the law, Bano argues, and reforms must sweep away the landlordism at the heart of the housing crisis and British political life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Bano\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and Barrister who specialises in representing homeless people, residential occupiers, and destitute and migrant households. He has written in\u003ci\u003e Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e New Socialist\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Jacobin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.7 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764145652000,"sku":"9781804293874","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a4cbcd9b0c1753de7f25a9199aa5f008.webp?v=1780243874","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/against-landlords-how-to-solve-the-housing-crisis-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}