How Britain (Almost) Solved the Housing Crisis

My debut feature-length documentary BOOMERS is out TODAY. Watch it here: https://go.nebula.tv/boomers?ref=tomnicholas Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/tomnicholas A video about how Britain (almost) solved the housing crisis, how it created another one, and how all countries can make safe and affordable housing a reality once again. Written, directed and presented by Tom Nicholas. Edited by Georgia Burrows. *Chapters* 00:00 The Housing Crisis: Then & Now 03:20 Rent Strikes and Revolutions 05:50 The Birth of Council Housing 09:17 The Post-War Housing Boom 12:40 Housing: Solved 16:18 The Home Buying Revolution 20:25 A "Property Owning Democracy" 24:11 A New Consensus 26:11 Back to the '20s 30:24 The Return of the Landlord 33:53 Building Better 38:55 My debut film BOOMERS is out TODAY! Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas-how-britain-almost-solved-the-housing-crisis *Bibliography* Find a bibliography for this video here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115351455/ *Blurb* The housing crisis has become a defining part of modern life in many countries. High rents and insurmountable house prices have become normalised. But, what if it didn't have to be this way? 100 years ago, Britain was suffering from a very similar housing crisis to that of today. Slum conditions and predatory landlords were rife. Then, during the 20th century, it managed to solve that housing crisis and make safe and affordable homes a reality for all. This is the story of how Britain (almost) solved the housing crisis, how it created another one, and how all countries can make safe and affordable housing a reality once again. Support my work on Patreon at https://patreon.com/tomnicholas Twitch: http://twitch.tv/tom_nicholas Twitter: http://twitter.com/tom_nicholas Instagram: http://instagram.com/tomnicholaswtf Patreon: http://patreon.com/tomnicholas Website: http://www.tomnicholas.com Select footage courtesy of Getty Music from Epidemic Sound