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Two million in the U.K. live with their parents because they cannot buy or rent a . Newspapers call them the "clipped wing " because they are like with cut wings. House prices are so high that many young people cannot to buy one. A of young adults have to live with their parents or . Almost 50 per cent of people said the biggest was housing costs. Many young people in the U.K. move away from the family home when they start . Rising house prices are now making this more .

A young said she has been saving for over ten years for a new . She said it was very difficult because house prices keep going up. She is worried about the . She told reporters she didn't want to rent, saying: "If I move out now, I'll be stuck paying rents for the rest of my ….The thought that I'm going to be living like a into my late 30s or even is really disheartening." A for homeless people said Britain needed to build more homes and sell them at a that young people can afford.

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