By Daniel Austin Short-term fixes won’t get us out of the housing crisis, Daniel Austin writes a letter to the government to explain what will Dear next government, Housing is at the centre of the election battleground. This is unsurprising given the economic uncertainty and that history shows that housing tends to lead the wider economy both into and out of downturns. We have recently seen small rises in house prices and mortgage approval rates to prove there are some green shoots but without some major changes it doesn’t look like we can build our way out of this recession. We have a fundame…