The Guardian: “Reframing housing as essential public infrastructure is the key. Housing is where the left can turn real material struggles into political power, and really rebuild a winning electoral coalition.”
If it does not, the PPRNet researchers warned, Europe’s far-right parties will benefit. “There’s no evidence from countries such as Hungary or Austria that people vote for far-right parties for their housing policies,” said Dorothee Bohle from the University of Vienna.
“But there’s plenty that the housing crisis is fuelling support for these parties. In regions where house prices stagnate or fall, voters turn to the populist right. Likewise among lower-income voters in areas where local rents rise…