The affordability of housing in the United Kingdom deteriorated significantly from the late 1990s onwards, with house prices rising faster than earnings and the average age of first-time homebuyers increasing. The issue of housing supply and affordability was recognised as a social, economic and political problem and generated a number of Government responses.
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