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ATLAS · A CLAIM AND WHERE IT CAME FROM

Rents rise faster than wages every year

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Why has housing become so expensive in this town?
Why can working people no longer afford a home here?
Why is housing unaffordable here?

→ What leads to it (8)

Empty flats are worth more than let ones to some owners
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Nobody insures a small builder for a tall building
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We cannot compete for land against a firm that can wait
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Reporting a landlord takes a year and you have moved by then
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Building anything takes years of permissions
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Rents are set by what the last desperate person agreed to
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The people in danger are never in the room where it is decided
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Landlords price on what the market will bear, not on cost
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→ What it leads to (5)

Nobody can afford to live where the work is
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We are the majority here and have no seat anywhere
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The people who decide have never been served a notice
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Renters move too often to vote here
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Every year of delay is a year of someone's life
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