Building a better society with decent homes for all

‘The problem – lack of affordability – is caused by low interest rates, snowballing inherited property wealth and the outrageous help-to-buy programme.’ Photograph: Tim Ireland/PAJohn Harris is absolutely right to highlight housing problems as central to debates about politics and society and to stress the need for more and better public housing as a crucial part of everyone having a decent place to live (The anxieties dividing the nation begin with housing, 28 October).B