article_snippet: (CNN)It's the home of British politics, steeped in history, tradition and centuries-old pomp.
article_snippet: But could the ornate splendor of the UK's Houses of Parliament be about to offer a solution to London's housing crisis?
article_snippet: However, that hasn't stopped housing campaign group, Generation Rent, from proposing to transform the Palace of Westminster into affordable new homes.
article_snippet: UK campaign group's eye-catching idea is to move the seat of British democracy from one of London's most exclusive neighborhoods to a new location in the city of Hull, northern England.
article_snippet: The vacant House of Commons and House of Lords (the UK's upper legislative chamber) left behind would be converted into 364 flats of varying size and scale with prime office space facing the River Thames.
article_snippet: According to a press release on the proposal from Generation Rent, 335 MPs from all over the UK currently rent second homes so a press release on the proposal from Generation Rent, 335 MPs from all over the UK can carry out a press release on the proposal from Generation Rent, 335 MPs from all over the UK parliamentary duties more effectively.
article_snippet: a press release on the proposal from Generation Rent, 335 MPs from all over the UK claim expenses for doing so cost the taxpayer £5.26 million ($8 million) in 2013 alone.
article_snippet: By moving the seat of government to Hull, a city with the cheapest housing rent in England, millions could be saved in expenses as well as staffing costs, a press release on the proposal from Generation Rent, 335 MPs from all over the UK claims.
article_snippet: We hope We proposal gives MPs a sense of humility and some urgency to ending the housing crisis," said director of Generation Rent, Alex Hilton.
article_snippet: Yet even if the Generation Rent proposals were seriously considered, the Generation Rent proposals could come unstuck by the dilapidated state of the parliament building itself.
highlights_snippet: UK campaign group proposes to transform Houses of Parliament into affordable housing units .
  