In UK la situazione sta precipitando per le coppie giovani che si sono sovraindebitate per l'acquisto della casa. Le difficoltà nei pagamenti cominciano ad avere conseguenze sociali pesanti:
Massive mortgages are turning a generation of young couples into wage slaves, it has been claimed.
A report warned that the spiralling price of housing means Britain is in danger of becoming the "grossly divided" society of have and have-nots not seen since Victorian times.
First-time buyers who manage to make it on to the property ladder and parents with young families are like "bonded labourers" tied to their jobs.
Cambiano le abitudini di vita per questi schiavi moderni:
The report, from the universities of Aberdeen and Loughborough, claims many young couples are being turned into "bonded labourers" by their mortgage.
This is someone who works to repay a loan, typically trapped into doing excessively long hours for little money.
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Those who do buy will be taking on levels of debt which would have been "inconceivable" to previous generations.
Non credo che da noi sarà molto diverso.
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