Houseboats moored on the Regent Canal near Victoria Park, Hackney, London. — Reuters
THE roughly 35,000 people for whom the waterways of England and Wales are home are worried that what has long been a low-cost alternative to living on solid ground is being made unaffordable by government spending cuts and inflation.
Especially in London, the waterways managed by the Canal and River Trust have been a refuge for those priced out of the capital’s bricks and mortar property market.
