Weird, it appeared to work well until someone saw it as an opportunity to sell more of the family silver - and now we are, where we are, a nation of renters (at extortionate prices)!
I have a cracking idea, which I'm amazed no government has ever thought of.
Why not build some houses, and then rent them out at genuine low rents, so people can afford to have somewhere to live and maybe even over time have families, without having to work 24/7 just to survive - could be a...