A new study by the ESRI think-tank says the vast majority of younger adults are locked out of the housing market. Photo: GettyHome ownership by the age of 30 has halved in the space of a generation with the vast majority of younger adults locked out of the housing market. A new study from the ESRI think-tank has revealed a stark contrast in home ownership between those born in the 1960s and the 1980s. It tracks a continuous decline across the decades in people managing to purchase a home by the time they reach the age of 30. Under Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien’s Land Development Agency Bill, local councillors will not be able to block the sale of local authority land to the LDA.

Source: Irish Independent May 11, 2021 01:32 UTC