Housing Crisis Creating 'Pensioner Pockets' Across Rural England

A dire lack of affordable homes in England’s rural areas is pricing out young people and families and could lead to countryside ‘pensioner pockets’. A new analysis of population trends reveals the number of pensioners is set to soar across England’s rural communities by 2021, as younger generations who aspire to ‘grow up and grow old’ in rural villages and towns can’t get a foot on the local property ladder. The National Housing Federation has released a list of the country’s top ‘pensioner pockets’ where more than 40%, or four in every 10 households, will be over 65 in just six years’ time, considerably higher than the predicated national average of 29%. Read more on the NHF website.