"Older generations own more than two-thirds of the nation's housing stock, " says Angus Hanton co-founder of the foundation.

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"We clearly don't have a problem with payments to the elderly people who are not well off, " says Mr Hanton.

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"The 'housing crisis' is increasingly an issue of how our housing stock is shared between younger and older generations, " said IF co-founder Angus Hanton.

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