Young families are being “ghettoised” in inner city areas by the housing crisis while older homeowners become isolated in the suburbs, a report says.
The Intergenerational Foundation says the number of areas dominated by over-50s has risen sevenfold since 1991 as young people move into the cities.
Even within urban areas, older people, children and young adults are living increasingly separate lives, it adds.
The government said housebuilding was an “absolute priority”.
The foundation, which aims to protect the rights of younger generations in policy-making, analysed segregation by age in local areas across the UK. …
… Mr Hanton said that now only 5% of people living in the same area as someone over 18 are over 65, compared to 15% in 1991.
This was weakening the bonds between the generations and leads to a lack of understanding of each other, he said.
Nigel Wilson, chief executive of Legal and General, said: “We have created an inter-generationally unfair society. …”
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