Landlords are Leaches, page-1146

I agree the dream remains present as it is mostly an emotional rather than a rational want.

The maths is different now. No matter what you say the number of weeks to pay for a home now is more than double what it has been historically. This is the simple maths of the situation.

That maths has real consequences and represents a transfer of wealth - unearned wealth and a burden placed on those who come later.

That burden is conventionally called serfdom.