PREFACE . Generation Rent is ultimately the story of how the UK turned its youth into an asset class. In the late 20th to early 21st centuries, housing went from basic good to financial asset. Our homes went from being a store of wealth for occupiers to a store of wealth for landlords and speculators
SECTION I. TRYING TO BUY A HOME
CAN'T BUY, WON'T BUY. Why Olivia and Izaak, an ordinary couple ...