Wednesday 19 October 2011

Housing shortage: are oldsters 'hoarding' 25m bedrooms? | Michael White | Society | guardian.co.uk

Housing shortage: are oldsters 'hoarding' 25m bedrooms? | Michael White | Society | guardian.co.uk

Before I'd eaten a mouthful of breakfast this morning an old friend made an attempt to make me feel guilty and start packing up my books and furniture. Why so? Because Mrs White and I still occupy the family home from which our children have fled (most of the time) which means we contribute to a 25 million pool of empty bedrooms.

The disturbing deed was done on Radio 4's Today in the name of an outfit I'd not previously heard of called the Intergenerational Foundation. It exists to promote wider understanding of the imbalances which have grown up – older people, the postwar baby boomers, piled high with benefits and assets while young people are saddled with all sorts of debts – and how we might better address them.

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