Pressure to address the UK's housing crisis grows ever stronger, with a number of radical solutions being put forward to ease the strain. Just 134,000 new homes were built in the UK in 2010, the lowest number since World War II. This is despite 230,000 new households being formed every year. By 2025 there will be a housing shortfall of 750,000 in England alone, according to the IPPR. The shortage is hitting the younger generation hardest. A fifth of 18-to-34-year-olds has been forced to live with their parents because they can't afford to rent or buy a home, according to the charity Shelter. Commentators across the political spectrum agree the country faces a growing crisis but there is no consensus on how to fix the problem. Read what the author of this piece suggests as a solution to the crisis on the BBC website.
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