{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/66052cff9610b80017e7d69e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"We have to talk about London’s housing crisis","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1711615217121-f90ea976d8f6e79e706cc535d3f00f53.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this week’s episode of Who Wants to be a London Mayor, Hamish Macbain heads to a London Renters Union rally to look at the capital’s ongoing housing crisis.</p><p><br></p><p>Londoners face fierce competition for accommodation and endlessly soaring rents, the waiting lists for social housing is in the hundreds of thousands, and there’s widespread poor conditions even if you manage to secure a home. Can the next Mayor of London do more to tackle these issues?</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}