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Will garden cabins actually help fix the housing crisis?

The Explainer by The Explainer

May 1, 202618:15News & Politics

The government has announced plans to let homeowners build habitable units of up to 45 sq metres in their back gardens without planning permission, and to rent them out under the Rent-a-Room scheme. It says the move will...

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Will garden cabins actually help fix the housing crisis? is an episode from The Explainer by The Explainer. The government has announced plans to let homeowners build habitable units of up to 45 sq metres in their back gardens without plann...

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Published May 1, 2026, 18:15 long, audio available.