to think it cant carry on young families living in cramped flats while protected pensioners rattle around in 5 bed houses

[generationrentsucks]

I just think with the Tories in now, nothing will change with housing, they will keep prices high by carrying on with these help to buy that just allow sub prime loans.

Also I think hardly anyone actually ever downsizes, everyone says they do but not many can actually bring themselves to do it.

@drudgetrudy

Do people really know of pensioners hogging 5 bedroomed council and HA properties? Three-bedroomed perhaps-but five?

Yep. My street is 4 / 5 (some 6) bedroomed houses in the top half and 3 or 4 bottom half.

We live in the top half and are in our 30s. we are the youngest by a decade at least. There are a few 40/early 50 somethings with kids but mostly retired singles or couples.
of the 5 houses that surround ours 1 couple has older children(17 and 19), 3 are octogenarians living alone and one is a couple in their 60s.
Almost all of the houses are max 2 person occupancy and on the entire street we only know of a total 4 houses with children

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