Could taxing land more than income fix the UK housing crisis?

Nick Gallent Throughout the second half for the 20th century, housing in Britain became a financial asset. With a shift to taxing land, Professor Nick Gallent (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) argues in The Conversation, the housing crisis that has developed since could start to be addressed. Fifty years ago, a group of activists  occupied  London's Centre Point Tower in a fabled episode of direct action on housing. At the time, in January 1974, England was beset by rising homelessness and too many empty homes. One of the protesters, Ron Bailey, recently  pointed out  that this situation "was pretty much like now". In fact, the housing crisis is worse now than it was then. In 1974, councils were still building public housing.