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Almost two million young in the U.K. have to live with their parents because they cannot buy a house or rent a . Newspapers in Britain call them the "clipped wing " because they are like who have had their wings cut. House prices in the U.K. are now so that many young people cannot afford to buy one. This means a of young adults have to live with their parents or grandparents. A found that 48 per cent of the people said the biggest was housing costs. Britain has a long of young people moving away from the family home when they start working. Rising house prices are now making this more and more to do.

A 32-year-old woman said she has been saving for over ten years to pay the for a new apartment. She said it was very difficult because the more she saves, the more house go up. She is worried about the future if she can't buy her own home. She told reporters why she didn't want to leave the home and rent, saying: "If I move out now, the is I'll be stuck paying expensive rents for the of my life….The thought that I'm going to be living like a into my late 30s or even 40s is really disheartening." A charity for people said Britain's government needed to build more homes and sell them at a price that is enough for people.

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