Generation Rent - Chloe Timperley

The Guardian top 5 best books on the UK housing crisis'The housing crisis is just getting started, ' warns Timperley in this important book.' - MARTIN CHILTON, THE INDEPENDENT'An essential read about a broken housing market.'- PETER APPS, INSIDE HOUSING'A lively account of arguably the country's biggest social and economic problem.' - MARTIN WOLF, FINANCIAL TIMESFor millions of Britons renting a home privately is the only option. By 2025, more people are expected to rent than own their own homes. Even members of Generation Rent with good jobs and skills have been priced out of the property market.In this razor-sharp account of how a nation of homeowners gave way to a generation of insecure renters haemorrhaging cash, Chloe Timperley tackles the myths and mysteries belying so many attempts to 'fix' Britain's broken housing market. She reveals who's being shafted, who's cashing in -- and the radical steps we must take to give everyone a good home, whether rented or owned.A fast-paced jaunt around both buying and renting in Britain, Generation Rent is the essential guide to the UK's ruinously expensive property market.Revealing how the UK came to have runaway house prices, Chloe Timperley dispels the notion held by some older people that the current generation of young people can't buy homes because they are feckless and squander their money on avocado toast.First, she charts the rise and fall of council housing. From the early 20th Century onwards, high-quality public sector ho
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