Toby Lloyd, head of policy at the housing and homelessness charity Shelter, points to a real crisis in housing for the young, but warns against characterising it as an intergenerational war: older generations want solutions too
Category: Housing
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Danny Dorling: The Generations and Housing Chaos
In an edited extract from the paperback edition of his book All that is Solid (published February 2015), Danny Dorling explains why he thinks UK housing is in a state of chaos, with worse to come
HOUSING BLOG WEEK. Angus Hanton: Housing and Intergenerational Fairness
Angus Hanton, co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation, sets the scene for our Housing Blog Week (9–13 March) and explains why housing is such an urgent and topical intergenerational issue
Government launches new “Starter Homes” scheme – but will it really help first-time buyers?
David Kingman provides an overview of the Government’s latest attempt to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder
Can Europe Do Better?
Liz Emerson reports on a European study that aims to give young British people a voice on the future of Europe
New lending rules look set to make things even more difficult for first-time buyers
David Kingman reports on the tighter restrictions to loan-to-income multiples which most lenders are now operating, and explains how this puts another barrier to homeownership in the path of first-time buyers
New figures show number of first-time buyers improved in 2014
David Kingman reports on some new figures which suggest that things may finally be starting to improve for first-time buyers
Housing’s intergenerational divide is reaching a tipping point
Dan Wilson Craw, Communications Manager at the campaigning organisation Generation Rent, explains the destabilising trend of the growing rental market and spreads the word about their Rent Freedom Day on 4 February
Britain is rapidly becoming a nation of renters, new figures suggest
David Kingman reports on a new set of data which shows that home ownership levels in the UK are beginning to fall behind those in other European countries, bucking historical trends
New report by Shelter calls for reform of private renting
David Kingman introduces a new report from Shelter, which argues that we need major reforms to protect tenants from bad landlords