Boles set out these plans in the same speech where he expressed concerns that the Conservatives were at risk of being viewed by many young people as "aliens from another planet". He argued that a self-build initiative, giving young people the opportunity to get on and help themselves, might be a way of connecting more positively with the young.
It was a complete coincidence that, the same week, I was in Sweden discussing housing, jobs and young people. Housing, I argued, was the weak link of youth policy, despite growing levels of youth homelessness and far too many young people still feeling forced to live at home long after they would have preferred to have moved out.
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