First of a four-part series of how we came to consider homeowning as a right. In the British imagination, property holds the promise of a better life, a life that we own, rather than rent. A hundred years ago only one in ten of us were what was quaintly called 'men of property' but now 70% of us own our own homes, or rather, the mortgage company owns us.
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Series 1 Episode 1 Up and Coming
First of a four-part series of how we came to consider homeowning as a right. In the British imagination, property…
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Series 1 Episode 2 Winners and Losers
Second of a four-part series of how we came to consider homeowning as a right. In these films people recall their first…
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Series 1 Episode 3 A Place in the Country
Programme three of four in the series of how we came to consider homeowning as a right. Every week, 1800 people make…
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Series 1 Episode 4 Happy Families
Fewer than a quarter of us now live in a traditional household. Singles and divorcees are transforming the housing…
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