**This House Believes the UK's home-ownership culture is harmful**

**Why Are We Having This Debate**
"The quest to own a home has become a mainstay in UK society. Successive governments of all stripes have prioritised home ownership over other forms of tenure." - Kings College London.
We ask is this social focus on owning a home still the main thing we should prioritise or should it be Something else? Is our goal to own the roof over our heads keeping us happy, healthy and hopeful in an age of ever rising housing prices and economic instability.

**Articles**
[KCL article on Homeownership](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/prioritising-home-ownership-hurts-everyone-owners-as-well-as-renters "https://www.kcl.ac.uk/prioritising-home-ownership-hurts-everyone-owners-as-well-as-renters")
[Affordability Crisis - CityAM](https://www.cityam.com/generation-locked-out-of-home-ownership-in-uk-housing-crisis/ "https://www.cityam.com/generation-locked-out-of-home-ownership-in-uk-housing-crisis/")

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Debate London is the year-round series of free public debates held across London. The series is run by Debate London, a social enterprise that helps its members to advance their personal and professional development by teaching them how to debate.

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The only time we hear what the speakers really think is at the end of the debate when they tell us where they really stand and whether this changed at all while learning how to defend the perspective assigned to them.

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