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The Generational Inequality of Housing
The housing ladder is broken. For Millennials and Gen Z, buying a home increasingly requires a leap.The UK housing crisis, first-time buyers, house prices, mortgages, renting, the Bank of Mum and Dad, and inheritance have fundamentally changed what home ownership means. For previous generations, the property ladder promised gradual progress: buy a flat, build equity, trade up to a family home. For many Millennials and Gen Z, that ladder simply doesn't exist anymore.I started thinking about this when I moved house.I was surrounded by removal boxes, crying while writing the essay that became…
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