The Guardian view on prolonging kidulthood: Britain prices young adults out of independent life | Editorial

More young adults in Britain are living with their parents due to low wages, insecure work, and unaffordable housing, with the proportion of 25-year-olds co-residing rising from 25% in the 1990s to 42% today. Home ownership at 25 has dropped sharply from 43% in the mid-1980s to 15%, as real earnings have stagnated and employment has fallen. The article warns that Britain is drifting toward a southern European model of extended family dependence, but without the cultural norms that make it feel normal.