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''The housing crisis is just getting started,' warns Timperley in this important book.' – MARTIN CHILTON, THE INDEPENDENT

'An essential read about a broken housing market.' – PETER APPS, INSIDE HOUSING

'A lively account of arguably the country's biggest social and economic problem.' – MARTIN WOLF, FINANCIAL TIMES

For millions of Britons renting a home privately is the only option. By 2025, more people are expected to rent than own their own homes. Members of today's Generation Rent who have done everything right - good education, good job - have been priced out of the property market for good.

In this razor-sharp account of how a nation of homeowners gave way to a generation of insecure renters haemorrhaging cash, Chloe Timperley tackles the myths and mysteries belying so many attempts to 'fix' Britain's broken housing market. 

She reveals who's being shafted, who's cashing...