Mick Clifford: We are selling our children down the river on housing

An ESRI report presented the latest proof that younger people are disproportionately bearing the brunt of the housing crisis: 80% of people over 40 own their own homes while for those under 40, just a third of adults have their own abode Picture: Andrew Matthews

This is no country for young men or women. Whether it be trying to move out of home and find a place of their own, worrying about what shape the planet will be when they are in their prime, or the prospect of keeping their elders in the style to which they have become accustomed, the young are getting it in the neck.

This week an ESRI report presented the latest proof that younger people are disproportionately bearing the brunt of the housing crisis.