Home ownership among young families has plummeted across every corner of Britain over the past 35 years, according to a devastating inquiry into the housing crisis facing millennials. It also finds an increasing proportion of the young living in overcrowded housing. Out of 22 regions analysed by the commission, in only one – Strathclyde in Scotland – has home ownership among the young remained stable. We can deliver the health and care older generations deserve without simply asking younger workers to bear all the costs. And we can show younger generations that owning a home is a reality, not a distant prospect in 21st-century Britain.”

Source: The Guardian April 28, 2018 20:26 UTC