Eddie Hobbs: Only structural political change will solve our housing crisis

Rent control alone is not enough. We need a multi-faceted approach unhindered by the chronic short-termism of clientilism, says Eddie Hobbs.

THE Rubik’s cube is a three-dimensional puzzle with six faces, each with nine moving parts, but it can be solved.

It is hopelessly unsolvable if you concentrate on just one colour or moving part, because each wrong move has knock-on effects elsewhere.