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Radio 4,28 Dec 2015,45 mins

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Home ownership has been falling for more than a decade from a peak of 71% of households in 2003 to below 63% today. In London, it is now below 50%. That figure has dropped much more steeply among the 25-34 year-old age group: down by nearly one quarter. For them - and many more on average to low incomes - renting is the only choice - it's all that's left for them Guests: Brandon Lewis, Minister of State for Housing and Planning at the Department for Communities and Local Government Ray Boulger is a mortgage broker with John Charcol Michaela Benson is a sociologist who has done a study of multi-generational living and sharing And we hear from some imaginative people on how they are solving their accommodation problems. Presented by Peter White Editor: Chas Watkin.

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