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We cannot continue like this – the housing crisis is here and now
Millions of young people want to leave their parental home and stand on their own two feet, but are unable to do so due to a supercharged housing market and no access to social housing. NEIL FINDLAY calls for action to fix a broken system

LAST week I spoke to a young recent graduate employed in the NHS. Working in Edinburgh, she loves her job in a large city hospital where she treats cancer patients and wants to build a long-term career in our greatest national institution.
Like many recent graduates, she left university saddled with a high level of student debt, paid out mostly to private landlords for exorbitant levels of rent.
Having spent two years flat-sharing with friends who have now moved to other cities, she found herself having to look for her fifth flatshare in as many years.
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