Confronting The Bitter Reality, London

I've had a severe case of photographer's block for the past few days - just haven't "seen" anything at all, seemed to have completely lost my eye for a shot until today.
For many people on average pay in London the hope of a ever being able to afford a home is like confronting a bitter reality - they've probably got no chance of ever being able to buy anywhere in London at all. This shot is, in fact, as you can probably guess, not a house at all but a hoarding surrounded by breeze blocks in St.George Street in Central London. I just liked the juxtaposition of the reality in the wording and the fake building behind it.
I do think London is storing up a housing crisis in the very near future - in Central London houses and flats sell for multi-millions but are often only occasionally, or very rarely, lived in. They are seen as investments rather than homes (and sometimes bought with "dirty" or laundered money). Meanwhile, ordinary working class people are having to move further and further away from their jobs to be able to afford a home, which pushes commuter services to breaking point. Yet it's a situation that politicians don't want to seem to do anything to alleviate.

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