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Island housing issues an 'injustice' for young people says expert

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Chris Lee has launched a new rent-to-buy scheme in the hopes of helping to remove obstacles

A local housing expert hopes his latest enterprise will help tackle the 'injustice' facing young people on the Island.

Chris Lee founded Own Homes, which is a rent-to-buy scheme which sees a portion of the rent set aside each month to go towards a deposit to buy the property after five years.

In the 24 hours after it launched, more than 700 people had registered an interest in the scheme.

Chris says he saw a problem here and wanted to try and do something to help solve it:

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