Why Generation Rent are so angry

Private rents are soaring, homes to rent are in steep decline,
house building has stalled. No wonder young people are full of
rage about their chances of getting onto the housing ladder.


On this week’s podcast Amol and Nick take a deep dive into what’s
going wrong with housing in the UK – and what can be done to fix
it.


They’re joined by Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader, who will
be tasked with fixing the housing crisis if Labour win the next
general election. And they’re also joined by Ben Twomey, chief
executive of Generation Rent, which campaigns to improve the
housing system for young people.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both
presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most
influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor
for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s
also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has
presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s
political editor for ten years before that and also previously
worked as ITV’s political editor.


The producers are Tom Smithard and Rufus Gray. The editors are
Jonathan Aspinwall and Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is
Owenna Griffiths. Studio direction from Jack Graysmark.