Analysis - The Roof over your Head

The Roof Over Your Head With growing numbers of younger people struggling to find affordable homes, Gordon Brown has placed housing at the centre of his government's policies. But can we really hope to revive the home-ownership revolution of the 1980s, and will that provoke new social tensions? Zareer Masani weighs the role of government against that of the market and asks how best we can ensure that the new homes we build go to those who need them most.