Fewer young people likely to be able to buy their own home in the future

Even if the current plan to build 220,000 new homes in England each year until 2031 is fulfilled young people aged 25 to 34 will still be less able to live in their own home that they did in 2011, according to new research. An analysis report from the Town and Country Planning Association says that currently only 54% of the number of homes needed are being built, putting pressure on prices and rents, and the housing crisis is worse in London and the wider south east where 55% of the homes requir...