#interactive grpahic from @ONS - Second home ownership is concentrated in tourist hotspots

Rates of second home ownership by local authority, England and Wales

An @ONS interactive graphic - Explore home ownership changes by area (Tenure type by local area in England and Wales in 1961 and 2011, 1961 boundaries)

Text from source post "More people owned a #home in #2011 than 50 years before. Renting was the norm for most households in 1961. Only 42% of households owned their own home, and in several areas of central London, home ownership was lower than 10%. By the time of the 2011 Census, 50 years on, home ownership had risen to 64%. The lowest home ownership was still in London areas, as they existed geographically in 1961, the very lowest being in the area that was the 1961 metropolitan borough of Shoreditch, at 16%." source = this ONS post

13min @theeconomist clip - How the obsession with #homeownership ruins the #economy

text from youotube "Many dream of owning their own home, and thanks to huge financial incentives in the rich world many have been able to so. But government policies to encourage home ownership were a huge mistake. Read more here: https://econ.st/2v6sHo6