The Chartered Institute for Housing (CIH) has called for an urgent focus on rented housing as what it dubbed the "golden age" of home ownership comes to an end. In a new report, widening the rental housing market, released on Sunday, the CIH said millions of young people faced a lifetime of renting. The report asked whether the current provision of social and private rented homes could be improved to meet changing trends.

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