We ask the people of Newport if they’re worried about house prices, which on average now cost £227,000.
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00:00But when they live in more expensive places, I really, really do feel for them.
00:06Because they're never going to get on the housing ladder, never, you know.
00:11Because they keep on saying, oh, we're going to create good, well-paid jobs.
00:16Are they going to do it, are they?
00:18For the younger generation now, you know, it's very hard now.
00:22If you're on the housing market now.
00:24Of course, the employment's not like it was in my day, like when I was a lot younger, you know.
00:29You could go from one job to another, the industry's just there.
00:32It'd be a good thing to help them out.
00:34There is a lot of people that don't have accommodation,
00:36lots of people struggling even to find rented accommodation.
00:40So, yeah, that might be a good thing for youngsters.
00:43But what about us old people?
00:45No, I'm quite optimistic.
00:47You know, and let's hope now that they start building, you know, more homes.
00:52Especially affordable homes, you know.
00:54I see a lot of homelessness and it's sad, really.
00:57So hopefully, you know, they start building more homes.