Youth unemployment and owning a home

Itismehonest

Maybe it would be better for this country to completely change it's ideas when it comes to the housing market?

In other countries there is a different mindset, the emphasis is on having a roof over their head & they take that to be renting - not owning.

In the UK, we have always been fixated on property ownership.
All that happens is that those that cannot afford to buy push for prices to fall but as soon as they are on the rungs of the property ladder they, understandably, want prices to hold up or rise - they become part of the problem that they have complained about. So the circle goes round & round.

As to unemployment there will always be problems until we have a joined-up approach to the whole system. Children must be educated to be employable. They need to be leaving education with a decent level of English, Maths etc., with a work ethic & with knowledge (be that through academic or vocational training) to take up jobs that are actually available & needed.

Leaving aside the current problems facing everyone because of the economic situation, jobs which should be possible to fill with UK workers go to people from overseas because they are more attractive to the employer as they can be better educated & are often prepared to work harder.
It's no use turning millions of youngsters out with qualifications in, say, media studies & surfing when the jobs are in science. Once upon a time we qualified in subjects which would help us toward our chosen profession. It seems now that gaining the qualification, any qualification, has become the end itself. It's no use having a qualification if the qualification is useless in getting you a job & someone else, probably from overseas, has the right one.

chewmylegoff

MrReweird wrote: »

Concise and succinctly put. I can add no more to the above. Complete BS thread. Mod please initiate lockdown.

Yeah mod, whilst you're at it, you could lock down the 4 or 5 obvious sock puppet accounts operating in this excuse for a thread.

Itismehonest

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Yeah mod, whilst you're at it, you could lock down the 4 or 5 obvious sock puppet accounts operating in this excuse for a thread.

As the OP is the only poster on this thread who is currently offline my guess is there could only be one sock puppet here.
I seldom agree with this OPs posts but when they are reasonably put I see no reason not to reply reasonably, too.

abaxas

People who cannot afford to be part of society will not care about it.

The issue is, these people are our future.

MrRee_2

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

You are going to find this a difficult concept, but some people go beyond just thinking about themselves.

You have been found out ..... :rotfl:

What is it then?

Do you own a House, and have done since you were 20 - or are you, in fact Homeless??

MrRee_2

Percy1983 wrote: »

Interestingly I have just got my contract from the solicitors so my house purchase is more or less done now.

Do I still think house prices need to come down... yes

Will it bother me if they do... no

EXCELLENT ... another winner joins the clan ..... :money:

StevieJ

Percy1983 wrote: »

Interestingly I have just got my contract from the solicitors so my house purchase is more or less done now.

Do I still think house prices need to come down... yes

Will it bother me if they do... no

My sister bought her second house around where you have just bought (I think, a nice little detached) and she still uses the dentist opposite Costco on Broadway. I think she quite liked it around there.

Percy1983

StevieJ wrote: »

My sister bought her second house around where you have just bought (I think, a nice little detached) and she still uses the dentist opposite Costco on Broadway. I think she quite liked it around there.

You are actually quite close there! :eek:

Glad she likes the area, of course I do as I wouldn't buy there if I didn't.

DaddyBear

It is undeniable that housing is becoming affordable to fewer people. My parents and their siblings all had pretty menial jobs and yet they all managed to buy their own homes in their early 20's. It's unrealistic to expect that to carry on, mainly because so many now do 'degrees', so add 3 years for that, 1 year to find a job (if you're lucky) and several years to pay off your student debt.
Even with that, there are still precious few in their late 20's and early 30's who can afford a house. My wife and I are one of the lucky ones, but the fact that it took a six figure income to afford a family home is insane.
The current state of affairs is bad for the economy, bad for society and is creating the rediculous situation where workers are being outbid for rental properties by people on housing benefit.
Future generations are going to have it very hard. It's no coincidence that our most vocal bulls have no children. Only the completely selfish would want prices to rise further.

StevieJ

Percy1983 wrote: »

You are actually quite close there! :eek:

Glad she likes the area, of course I do as I wouldn't buy there if I didn't.

She doesn't live there now, so relax