Housing
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.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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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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 12:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
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