Stockpiling Space: How the pandemic has increased housing inequalities between older and younger generations

This report investigates housing inequalities over the last decade and during the COVID-19 pandemic. It investigates the growing inequalities in housing assets and housing space between renters and owners, between rich and poor, and most significantly between older and younger generations, concludes that England now has two housing nations. Key findings: COVID-19 has exacerbated housing… Read more »

Age Bias: How government spending is skewed against the young

This report investigates government spending and age and finds that: The gap in the amount of money the government spent on an older person compared to what it spent on a child has doubled over the past 19 years. The government now spends around £20,800 on each pensioner and only £14,700 on each child –… Read more »

Grey Power: Young people missing from politics

This report investigates the ageing of British national and local political representatives, compares UK political representation internationally, and asks whether younger generations need political representatives that understand their generations’s plight through lived experience. Data sources include: Parliamentary Data Platform Members API House of Commons Register of Members’ Financial Interests ONS Population Estimates EveryPolitician UN Population… Read more »

London Travelwatch Consultation: Intergenerational Foundation response

Read the IIF Response London TravelWatch to this consultation in which we call for intergenerationally fair ticket concessions, and the protection of children’s free travel on London buses and concessions on other forms of public transport.

Making Youth Employment Policy Work: Intergenerational Foundation response

A response by the Intergenerational Foundation to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Youth Employment calling for an effective youth employment policy to address the stark intergenerational divide in the economic consequences of COVID-19. There is widespread evidence that young adults have been disproportionately affected by the economic impacts of COVID-19, shedding light on the insecurity… Read more »

Planning for the Future: Intergenerational Foundation response

A consultation response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government enquiry into planning for the future. Key points: We need to talk about the Green Belt Young people need to be more involved in local planning decision-making We must safeguard space standards in new homes created through permitted development