a new report today.
the institute for fiscal studies say
house prices have risen
by 173% in two decades,
far outstripping growth in pay.
here's our personal finance
correspondent simon gompertz.
every home has an owner,
but often now, it's someone older
renting to young tenants,
who can't afford to buy.
in her 20s is florence,
who lives in reading and feels she's
effectively been shut out
from purchasing a home.
i don't think i'll ever
be able to get on the
housing ladder based
on my own income and my own salary
without the help of parents
or my partner,
because of the area of the country
that i want to live in.
these house prices are
just driving up and up
and rental prices
are driving up and up.
one idea the chancellor may be
considering for his budget is to
make it easier for tenants to buy
the homes they're renting by
giving them some of the capital
gains tax, which the owner should
have to pay on selling and refunding