The end of home ownership - is renting really so bad?

Date: 3 November 2011

View Vidhya Alakeson's presentation here

View Ben Page's presentation here

Speakers:

Stephen Greenhalgh, Leader, Hammersmith and Fulham Council

Nick Jopling, Executive Director, Grainger

Ben Page, Chief Executive, Ipsos MORI

Campbell Robb, Chief Executive, Shelter

Vidhya Alakeson, Research and Strategy Director, Resolution Foundation (Chair)

Despite a continued aspiration to own, many low to middle income households are facing a lifetime of renting privately. In today’s housing market it would take the average low to middle income household 31 years to save for a deposit on a first home.  If the private rented sector is to meet their need for affordable, secure family accommodation, it must adapt.

In August Resolution Foundation published Making a Rented House a Home: Housing solutions for ‘generation rent’, which argues for changes to the structure of the private rented sector, to better suit long term tenants.

Back to events list