The biggest problem is that buying is simply the only option, because renter protections are poor and the government constantly shovels taxpayer money into the

The biggest problem is that buying is simply the only option, because renter protections are poor and the government constantly shovels taxpayer money into the pockets of homeowners. And so house prices are artificially inflated with help to buy schemes that inject taxpayer money, instead of being their real value. The reality is that in the UK, a house is no longer a house, it is a government backed asset that will never be allowed to fall, lest the pension funds fail.