{"product_id":"our-country-in-crisis-britains-housing-emergency-and-how-we-rebuild-9781398719279","title":"Our Country in Crisis: Britain's Housing Emergency and How We Rebuild","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kwajo Tweneboa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Kwajo's voice is leading the call for change on behalf of a generation who have been seriously failed by Westminster.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A brilliant thinker and doer. Kwajo for Mayor of London!'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Kelechi Okafor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Vital and urgent' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVicky Spratt, author of TENANTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis may be the most important book you read this year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 14 June 2017, Grenfell went up in flames and seventy-two people lost their lives. Three years later, two-year-old Awaab Ishak would die from a respiratory condition caused by mould. And in 2023, it was reported that we are seeing record levels of children experiencing homelessness. This is twenty-first century Britain, where millions are trying to build their lives on crumbling foundations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBritain's in a housing emergency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCampaigner and activist, Kwajo Tweneboa has been on the frontline of this housing crisis, highlighting the shocking conditions so many are forced to live with. He knows better than anyone the brutal realities the UK is facing, from the decimation of our welfare services to the rising poverty rates as the cost-of-living crisis continues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis is how we rebuild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOur Country in Crisis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e looks back at decades of poor decisions and highlights the modern-day the impact of the loss of social housing as a safety net. This housing emergency cuts across generations, class and education, and is devastating our health, destroying communities and ruining lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it is not irreversible. Radical action is possible and Kwajo Tweneboa and his urgent, ground-breaking book are leading the way. For readers of manifestos for change such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIt's Not That Radical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Mikaela Loach, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePoverty Safari\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Darren McGarvey and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Tenants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Vicky Spratt, this is the fresh new voice and perspective we need.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45847853924503,"sku":"9781398719279","price":718.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781398719279.webp?v=1769297213","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/our-country-in-crisis-britains-housing-emergency-and-how-we-rebuild-9781398719279","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}