Emma Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister, responding to Shelter’s report on housing costs, said:

“This research shows that the next generation is being priced out of home ownership.

“Unless we build many more affordable homes working people will be denied their dream of owning their own home.

“Yet under David Cameron house building has fallen to its lowest level in peacetime since the 1920s.

“Labour is clear that you can’t deal with the cost-of-living crisis without building more homes. That’s why Labour has committed to getting 200,000 homes a year built by 2020.“

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