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Almost two million [young / youngest] workers in the U.K. have to live with their parents because they cannot buy a house or [rent / lent] a room. Newspapers in Britain call them the "clipped wing generation" because they are like birds who have had their wings [slice / cut] . House prices in the U.K. are now so high that many young people cannot afford to buy [two / one] . This means a [quart / quarter] of young adults have to live with their parents or grandparents. A [poll / pill] found that 48 per cent of the people said the biggest problem was [housing / hosting] costs. Britain has a long history of young people [moving / moved] away from the family home when they start working. Rising house [price / prices] are now making this more and more difficult to [be / do] .

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