The day I got the keys to my one-bedroom flat in central Leeds in April 2019 was the proudest moment of my life. Id spent four years saving a 10,000 deposit from my salary as a marketing and PR executive. I had just become single, and I thought my life would be about going out in Leeds, meeting people and enjoying being in my 20s. Independence.
Becoming a homeowner, at 28, was a huge deal for me and my family. My dad is a retired electrician and my mum is an admin assistant. Theres no family wealth behind me I saved up on my own, and bought my flat for 102,000 through an affordable housing scheme, designed to help people on low incomes. Under the terms of my agreement, I wasnt allowed to rent the flat out, or sell it to a cash buyer, but…
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