There are 22 million homes in Britain – big homes and small homes, old cottages and new buildings, houses and flats. Many British people love old houses! They also love gardening, and there are gardens everywhere you go: in towns, villages and out in the country. Two thirds of families in Britain own their houses. Millions of these houses are the same with two or three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs, dining room and kitchen downstairs. There are a great many different kinds of homes in Britain, but there are not enough! It is often very difficult for young people to find a home when they want to start a family. British homes are like Americans, different generations