Generation Rent - Chloe Timperley

GUARDIAN''S TOP BOOK ON THE UK HOUSING CRISIS ''The housing crisis is just getting started,'' warns Timperley in this important book.'' – Martin Chilton, The Independent ‘There’s something rotten at the heart of Britain’s housing sector, which is blighting the dreams of millions of young people. Generation Rent dissects this morbid condition, with rigour and passion — and shows us a way to treat it.’ – Oliver Bullough, Moneyland ''An essential read about a broken housing market.'' – Peter Apps, Inside Housing For millions of Britons renting a home privately is the only option. More people are now expected to rent rather 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 Generation Rent is the essential guide to the UK''s ruinously expensive property market. First, Chloe Timperley charts the rise and fall of council housing. From the early 20th Century onwards, high-quality public sector homes provided plentiful affordable homes that mixed social groups well. Then Margaret Thatcher''s Right to Buy sold off local author
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