Why can working people no longer afford a home here?
a walkthrough with stand-ins — a demonstration, not a finding · 19 certified links · outlined boxes are the roots · tap a claim to read it in full
Showing every action the room judged: it acts directly on 2 of the 6 root causes. It does not act directly on 4.
Building anything takes years of permissions → Rents rise faster than wages every yearNobody knows what the flat next door pays → Building anything takes years of permissionsNobody knows what the flat next door pays → Rents are set by what the last desperate person agreed toNobody enforces the standards that already exist → The flat is cold because the landlord pays no heating billNobody enforces the standards that already exist → You are asked for a guarantor who owns propertyThe owner is a company in another country → Nobody enforces the standards that already existThe owner is a company in another country → There is no register of who owns whatChildren change school every time the tenancy ends → Nobody in my building knows their neighboursChildren change school every time the tenancy ends → Nobody has ever asked us what would fix itRents rise faster than wages every year → The people who decide have never been served a noticeRents rise faster than wages every year → We are the majority here and have no seat anywhereBeing evicted once makes the next tenancy harder to get → Nobody will rent to you without three months up frontThe flat is cold because the landlord pays no heating bill → Nobody in my building knows their neighboursReporting a landlord takes a year and you have moved by then → Empty flats are worth more than let ones to some ownersRents are set by what the last desperate person agreed to → Empty flats are worth more than let ones to some ownersEmpty flats are worth more than let ones to some owners → Rents rise faster than wages every yearNobody knows what the flat next door paysNobody knows what the flatnext door pays③what the shown actions do to this root causeREDUCED BY 1 ACTIONThe owner is a company in another countryThe owner is a company inanother country②what the shown actions do to this root causeREDUCED BY 1 ACTIONChildren change school every time the tenancy endsChildren change schoolevery time the tenancy endsBeing evicted once makes the next tenancy harder to getBeing evicted once makesthe next tenancy harder togetReporting a landlord takes a year and you have moved by thenReporting a landlord takesa year and you have movedby thenwhat the shown actions do to this root causeNO ACTION ACTS ON ITDIRECTLYNobody will rent to you without three months up frontNobody will rent to youwithout three months upfrontNobody has ever asked us what would fix itNobody has ever asked uswhat would fix itNobody enforces the standards that already existNobody enforces thestandards that alreadyexistwhat the shown actions do to this root causeNO ACTION ACTS ON ITDIRECTLYThere is no register of who owns whatThere is no register of whoowns whatBuilding anything takes years of permissionsBuilding anything takesyears of permissionsRents are set by what the last desperate person agreed toRents are set by what thelast desperate personagreed towhat the shown actions do to this root causeNO ACTION ACTS ON ITDIRECTLYThe flat is cold because the landlord pays no heating billThe flat is cold becausethe landlord pays noheating billYou are asked for a guarantor who owns propertyYou are asked for aguarantor who owns propertyEmpty flats are worth more than let ones to some ownersEmpty flats are worth morethan let ones to someownerswhat the shown actions do to this root causeNO ACTION ACTS ON ITDIRECTLYNobody in my building knows their neighboursNobody in my building knowstheir neighboursRents rise faster than wages every yearRents rise faster thanwages every yearThe people who decide have never been served a noticeThe people who decide havenever been served a noticeWe are the majority here and have no seat anywhereWe are the majority hereand have no seat anywhere
WHAT WAS PREDICTED TO FOLLOW
Each number on the map marks a root cause that action reduces.
① Fund one inspector per five thousand homes
no prediction about this action yet
② A public register of who owns every rented home
we expect: a tenant can find out who owns the home they live in
measured by: % of rented homes whose owner is named on a public register
due 25 Sep 2027
guesses: the room: 28 (median of 15, spread 5 to 60)
③ End the guarantor requirement for anyone in work
no prediction about this action yet
A map from True Causes: a group’s judgement, not a measurement.