{"id":28800,"date":"2022-02-01T16:49:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=28800"},"modified":"2022-02-17T19:46:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:46:41","slug":"house-price-index-shelter-cymru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/house-price-index-shelter-cymru\/","title":{"rendered":"House price index is &#8216;massive problem&#8217; for young people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The latest rise in house prices \u201cdoesn&#8217;t reflect reality\u201d for much of the country, according to a leading housing and homelessness charity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 11 per cent increase in the cost of buying a home means younger people especially will struggle to get on the property ladder, <a href=\"https:\/\/sheltercymru.org.uk\/\">Shelter Cymru<\/a> says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation is \u201cunsustainable\u201d, says Rob Simkins, Campaigns Manager at Shelter Cymru.  \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo matter how much money I put into an ISA every month to save for a house, it&#8217;s never going to be enough,&#8221; Mr Simkins.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt demonstrates the need for a wider conversation around housing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;re starting to get there&#8230; but we&#8217;re perhaps at risk of creating a different tier of people who receive that increase very differently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/02\/Capturedkod-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"house price index\" class=\"wp-image-28813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/02\/Capturedkod-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/02\/Capturedkod-300x157.jpg 300w, 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price across the UK in January 2022 was \u00a3255,556, compared to \u00a3254,822 in December 2021. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"there-needs-to-be-a-serious-recognition-of-the-scale-of-this-issue\">&#8216;There needs to be a serious recognition of the scale of this issue&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Simkins said there was scope for the government to ask fast on issues such as the growing cost of living and housing crisis, citing the quick decisions that were implemented by governments during the coronavirus pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m not suggesting that me being stuck in a rented flat is anything of the same scale as a pandemic, but the impact this is having on generations across the UK is getting pretty entrenched now and it&#8217;s only going to get worse.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think there needs to be a serious recognition of the scale of this issue and the generational sort of inequalities it\u2019s 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