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Their wordsThe unmitigated housing crisis gripping Britain is not a failure of markets but the most visible consequence of their suspension.
Their wordsHousing is expensive because politically rationed land with planning permission is expensive, not because bricks and mortar are costly.
Their wordsThe housing crisis will not be solved by more intervention. It will be solved by finally allowing capitalism to do what it does in every other sector where it is permitted to operate: deliver abundance, choice, and falling real costs to ordinary people.
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