UK housing crisis: four in 10 renters fear they will never own a home

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The findings cast doubt on the prime minister's claim before last year's general election that Tory housing policies would transform "generation rent" into "generation buy". In April last year, as he launched plans to force local authorities to sell valuable properties to fund new "affordable homes", Cameron said: "The dream of a property-owning democracy is alive and well and we will help you fulfil it."

The poll -- which found that 58% of people want more, not less, social housing as a way to ease the crisis -- comes as the government's highly controversial housing and planning bill returns to the Commons on Tuesday.