Apparently Britain's young people are finding it increasingly hard to buy a house in the countryside. Of course this is no surprise, as people are finding it increasingly hard to buy a house anywhere.
What makes it particularly difficult in the countryside is that many elderly people are buying houses as retirement homes, thereby pricing out the younger generation. As a result, many villages now run the risk of being taken over by elderly people, thereby putting local primary schools at risk.
One solution is to rip up even more of our green fields so as to make way for more housing, but that tends to meet with opposition from local NIMBYs. Honestly, who is so nasty as to be a NIMBY? People need houses, and they do not need nasty people standing in the way of house-building projects.
Another solution would be to stop immigration, thereby reducing the demand for new housing - but of course the British people love to vote for politicians who support open door immigration. LibLabCon voters, if your children end up homeless, blame yourself.
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