‘No relief for the squeezed middle: rents skyrocket and mortgages are tougher to get’

As recently returned emigrants who are working in the gig economy and have spent recent months searching for a home to rent, Russell James Alford and Patrick Hanlon of food blog Gastro Gays are the quintessential millennials. Their verdict on Budget 2019?

“While it was wonderful to see extra being freed up for homelessness, including emergency accommodation and asylum accommodation funds, for us in the squeezed middle, the budget offers no relief as ...