More and more of us are renting for longer – not by choice, but by necessity. In cities especially, more people are renting into their thirties, forties and beyond, sometimes raising children in rented flats with no long-term security.

But what if we could do something about it? Could rent controls be the answer? With Hanna Wheatley and Eva Freeman.

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