Co-authored by Rowland Atkinson and Keith Jacobs and published on The Conversation, the article addresses the issue of how the covid19 pandemic has aggravated the crisis of the UK housing market, causing more and more people to resort to emergency means to secure housing. The critical situation is made more and more apparent by the lockdown measures implemented across the country, which prove unfeasible for citizens and residents without fitting housing solutions. The article explores some options for how to stop the crisis of the UK housing market.