Discussing the potential effects of COVID-19 on housing, Paul Cheshire and Christian Hilber write that real house prices and rents may initially fall. Yet housing will remain unaffordable for the young and those on lower incomes, especially in London and the South East, as this fall will be driven by a fall in earnings.

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6 April 2020

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LSE British Politics and Policy

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/covid-19-housing/

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