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Consumer affairs programme. Peter White and guests discuss housing, which is back on the top of the political agenda. Price, supply, quality - they are all being hotly debated.

Home ownership has been falling for more than a decade from a peak of 71% of households in 2003 to below 63% today. In London, it is now below 50%. That figure has dropped much more steeply among the 25-34 year-old age group: down by nearly one quarter. For them - and many more on average to low incomes - renting is the only choice - it's all that's left for them

Guests: Brandon Lewis, Minister of State for Housing and Planning at the Department for Communities and Local Government
Ray Boulger is a mortgage broker with John Charcol
Michaela Benson is a sociologist who has done a study of multi-generational living and sharing
And we hear from some imaginative people on how they are solving their accommodation problems.

Presented by Peter White
Editor: Chas Watkin.

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45 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Dec 2015 12:15
麻豆社 Radio 4 FM

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Chapters

  • Housing Minister

    How the government intends to help younger buyers to get onto the housing market.

    Duration: 08:49

  • Older Renters

    We speak to people who are still renting into their middle age.

    Duration: 14:04

  • Upsizing

    How some families make changes to their houses to accommodate multiple generations.

    Duration: 04:15

  • Young and Old

    How younger people seek arrangements with older people who are in need of companionship.

    Duration: 11:38

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  • Mon 28 Dec 2015 12:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4 FM

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