Generation Locked Out: How Do We Fix the Home Affordability Crisis?

This panel will explore how we can create a housing system that delivers greater affordability, opportunity and security across all tenures. We are bringing together voices from across the housing sector to discuss the role of home ownership, social and affordable housing, and the practical policy solutions needed to help more people access a place they can call home.

The panel will consider a range of issues, including the barriers facing first-time buyers, the importance of increasing housing supply, the role of social and affordable housing, and how innovation and policy reform can support sustainable pathways into home ownership while contributing to the Government’s wider housing ambitions.

As a leading building society and owner of the UK’s largest property services and estate agency group, Skipton Group has a unique insight into the housing market. Through the Skipton Group Home Affordability Index and innovative products such as our Track Record Mortgage, designed to help renters overcome barriers to home ownership, we are committed to identifying and championing practical solutions that expand housing opportunity. We also recognise that increasing home ownership and delivering more social and affordable housing are complementary objectives, both of which are critical to creating a housing system that works for everyone.

Speakers include Sally Jameson MP, Cabinet Office and MHCLG Minister, Dame Siobhain McDonagh MP, Charlotte Harrison, CEO of Home Financing at Skipton Building Society, Holly Williamson, Chief Executive for Generation Rent and Rt Hon. Jim Murphy (Chair)