The Rent Trap: How we Fell into It and How we Get Out of It

by Rosie Walker and Samir Jeraj

Deregulation, revenge evictions, parliamentary corruption and day-to-day instability: these are the realities for the eleven million people currently renting privately in the UK. At the same time, house prices are skyrocketing and the generational promise of home ownership is now an impossible dream for many. This is the rent-trap: an inescapable consequence of market-induced inequality. Rosie Walker and Samir Jeraj offer the first critical account...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745336469
• ISBN13: 9780745336466
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"