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New data shows a growing number of young adults in the UK are living with their parents, with housing and rental costs cited as key factors. The figures highlight wider pressures linked to the cost of living and affordability of independent housing.
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00:00It doesn't matter that they're building all these houses on every little piece of ground they can find. People can't
00:05afford it.
00:07I'm paying nearly a grand a month for a shared accommodation with five other people, which, like, it's just not
00:16sustainable, really.
00:18Affordable housing, they're saying £150,000, is that affordable to somebody who's just started serving their apprenticeship?
00:25Sixth form, got the first job. It's just things are just far too expensive for the younger generation now to
00:30get on the property ladder.
00:31I've got a daughter still to her in her 40s. So they're better off staying with a mother and father
00:40than getting up the debt.
00:43I know a lot of young students paying a fortune for accommodation.
00:48Well, I think for a start, it's just so difficult to even get on the job market.
00:52Like, everywhere's hiring, but no-one wants to hire students. No-one wants to hire people with no experience.
01:00But I think the cost of living is just absolutely ridiculous.
01:03Whatever age you, whether you're a pensioner or a young, it's as simple as that.
01:09It's hard for people these days, harder than I've never been.
01:13When I got my first job and got my first house, you could afford that first property, get your mortgage,
01:18it's manageable.
01:19But now, as we said, the price of your first 70-tax house is so high now.
01:25It's just, opposed to the wages, it's just too hard to get on that property ladder.
01:29It's just too hard to get on that property ladder, it's just too hard to get on that property ladder,
01:29it's just too hard to get on that property ladder, it's just too hard to get on that property ladder,
01:29it's just too hard to get on that property ladder, it's just too hard to get on that property ladder.
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