'I am 37, and can't afford to buy. You can't live your life in your childhood bedroom'

Kelly-Anne Healy hasn't stopped working since she was balancing school with working three nights a week, and yet, she tells Sarah Horgan that she still can't rent or buy her own place
'I am 37, and can't afford to buy. You can't live your life in your childhood bedroom'

Kelly-Anne Healy cited high rental costs as her reason for remaining in the family home

"When you’re single, people think you have this fancy life, but there’s not much you can do from your childhood bedroom."

Kelly-Anne Healy might be speaking for an entire generation of adults who find themselves in limbo due to low housing supply and spiralling property and rental costs. 

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