UK — A report published by the Resolution Foundation in its annual intergenerational audit found that 52% of prospective undergraduates from England's poorest neighborhoods expect to live at home while studying. This contrasts with 18% of prospective undergraduates from the least deprived areas who expect to live at home.

David Willetts, president of the Resolution Foundation, said, "Our report shows that living with parents emerges from financial constraints rather than being a free choice, evenly spread across the income distribution." The UK student funding system enables students living away from home outside London to borrow £10,830 a year for living costs. Students living with their parents can borrow £9,118 a year. Average annual student rents exceed £7,500.

Carl Cullinane, director of research and policy at the Sutton Trust, said, "Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are increasingly having to limit their options for higher education studies because of worries about costs." Research from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies shows that 37% of prospective students planning to live at home express a preference for a Russell Group university, compared to 56% of those planning to move away. Cullinane added, "Is going to a local university better than not going to university at all? Yes. But is it optimal to go to a local university because you can't afford to go to any other one? No."

Rose Stephenson, director of policy and strategy at the Higher Education Policy Institute, said, "We have a funding system that assumes students can rely on family support, a housing market that makes moving out unaffordable, and policymakers still talking as if the traditional residential university experience is the norm."