Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 28
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The Lifetime ISA has helped many first-time buyers to own a home, but aspects of...
Conclusion
The Lifetime ISA has helped many first-time buyers to own a home, but aspects of its design have limited its effectiveness in tackling housing affordability. These aspects include the Lifetime ISA’s nature as a hybrid product supporting both homebuying and retirement savings, its punitive withdrawal charge, and a property price cap that has not increase in pace with house prices. We support the government’s decision to replace the Lifetime ISA. (Conclusion, Paragraph 124)