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Radio 4,31 Mar 2023,14 mins

SeriesRental Health: Solutions

Singapore

Rental Health

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As the cost of rent continues to rise across the UK, Kirsty Lang looks for solutions. The fifth in a series of five programmes exploring some radical alternatives. Most of the population in Singapore own their homes and very few rent, because home ownership is affordable and heavily subsidised by the government. Kirsty discovers how Singapore made it possible and whether it could be an answer when rents are on the rise in the UK.

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