Help to buy scheme had ‘limited impact on social mobility’

Previous help-to-buy schemes did little to improve social mobility and mainly benefited high earners, the government has been warned, as it mulls reviving the programme. Help-to-buy, which offered equity loans to first-time buyers, had a “limited impact on social mobility,” the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said.  The government is reportedly considering revising help-to-buy, [...]

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