Nine in 10 future MPs are worried most under-30s in their constituency will not be able to afford to buy a home 10 years from now.
A ComRes poll carried out for the National Housing Federation (NHF) also found almost seven in 10 of those questioned - sitting MPs and candidates thought most likely to win a seat - would like the leader of their own party to do more to tackle the county’s housing challenges.
The federation says that for the first time in recent years housing has featured heavily as a General Election issue.
But it adds MPs and young people are pessimistic about the future. In a recent YouGov poll of 18-34 year olds, fewer than one in five young people thought the nation’s housing situation would improve.
NHF chief executive David Orr said there was now an 'overwhelming consensus' that there is a housing crisis.
He said: 'The next government must do everything in its power to get the nation building the homes it needs. Eight in 10 don’t trust any of the main parties to effectively deal with the housing crisis – politicians should see this as a challenge and rise to it.
‘In these vital last days before the election, we are urging whoever gets the keys to Downing Street to be bold and come up with a long-term plan to end the housing crisis within a generation.’
