Thomas Brookes looks ahead to IF’s Youth Manifesto essay competition (deadline 1 October!) and maintains that it is vital for the young to fight their corner, even in the face of neglect from policy-makers
Category: Housing
A Labour government would establish an Advisory Forum on the under 35s
IF volunteer Thomas Brookes reports on a speech by Chris Leslie MP in which he highlighted some of the challenges facing “Generation Rent”, and hopes that it will provoke further inter-party discussion and proposals to remedy the situation
New data highlights extent of rural housing crisis
David Kingman explains how the housing crisis in rural areas is leaving a generation of young people with no prospect of buying a home near where they grew up
Meet Britain’s “housing pinched”, who spend over half their disposable income on housing each month
David Kingman looks at some new research from the Resolution Foundation which shows the economic realities of life at the sharp end of Britain’s housing crisis
New study reveals that excessive planning constraints make UK housing 35% more expensive
David Kingman reports on some new academic research which quantifies the impact of excessive planning constraints on average house prices in Britain
Big rise in the number of homeowners who take in lodgers
David Kingman reports on new data which shows more people have started taking in lodgers – although creating a tax incentive would probably do even more to solve Britain’s housing crisis
English Housing Survey: young people are ‘rent trapped’
IF volunteer Aleksandra Blawat highlights several key findings from the recently released English Housing Survey 2012-13 which demonstrate the plight of so-called “Generation Rent”
IFS: Young people struggling with low wages and high housing costs, while pensioners are becoming wealthier
IF volunteer Aleksandra Blawat explains the findings from a new piece of research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies which argues that young people have been the biggest victims of the recession
Housing crisis? What housing crisis?
Mark Wadsworth works as a tax advisor and is interested in tax, welfare and land reform, as well as being the treasurer of the Young People’s Party UK. Here, he gives his take on how a land value tax could help solve Britain’s housing crisis
Housing charity Generation Rent launches The Renters’ Manifesto
David Kingman describes the new manifesto from the housing charity Generation Rent, which seeks to mobilise support behind the goal of creating a better private rented sector in Britain