Young people around the country are desperate to buy their own homes but just can’t. Trapped in a cycle of a mercenary private rental sector and eye-watering house prices, young people are forced into bizarre housing situations. They might have to put up with black mould or have to pay half their rent in cash to a strange woman every three months in return for a flat with no living room.

But whether the housing crisis that faces young people is because we’re too busy wasting money on avocado lattes and OnlyFans subscriptions or because it would take over 50 years to deal with our housing deficit, what’s clear is we really need some advice on buying homes.

And who better to ask than old people?

Ed Campbell went to the oldest place in Britain to find out.

Reporter: Ed Campbell
Camera: Harry Ainsworth

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