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'Lost generation' priced out
Young pushed out of London as housing cost spiral out of reach
A "lost generation" will be pushed out of London because they cannot afford to rent or buy accommodation, a report warned yesterday.
The number of employed people claiming housing benefit in England has risen by 104 per cent since 2009 - a rate of one new claimant every five minutes - because of soaring rents, according to the National Housing Federation (NHF).
Around 310 new claims are added every day at a total cost of more than £12 billion since 2009, said the NHF report Home Truths.
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