Pitting Generations Against One Another Will Not Solve The Housing Crisis

Last week chair of the Resolution Foundation and former minister David Willetts called for ‘bold measures’ to address the challenges faced by the younger generation and pointed to ‘the seismic risk to the contract between the generations if we do not act.’He highlighted that the younger generation are spending a record share of their income on housing – many in the private rental market – with few affording to buy, even with the increasing availability of shar