The UK was in the middle of a well-documented housing crisis before the Coronavirus outbreak, with the National Housing Federation estimating that a staggering 1.4 million people across the UK were living in poor-quality homes, with 400,000 homeless or at severe risk of homelessness. Robert Jenrick MP, Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has stressed that he wants to “get Britain building again!” – but is this really possible, and how?