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Q. What is Priced Out?
A. Priced Out is the national campaign for affordable house prices. Find out more about us.

Q. Who are you?
A. Priced out is staffed and run by volunteers. We are recruiting, find out how you can take part.

Q. What are your aims?
A. To raise awareness of the damage being caused by unaffordably high house prices and to push for change. Find out more about our aims.

Q. Do I have to be priced out, or be a first time buyer to join the campaign?
A. No, the campaign is open to everyone concerned about unaffordable house prices.

Q. Finally a campaign to do something about this, how can I help?
A. See our guide to helping the campaign and making a difference.

Q. What do you want the government to do about unaffordable house prices?
A. House prices have reached crisis point, we want the government to take action now. Find out more about what we want the government to do.

Q. Are you affiliated to any political party?
A. No, we are not affiliaited to or have sympathies with any particular political party. From time to time we may criticise the government but this is solely because this house price crisis happened on their watch.

Q. Are you commercially owned?
A. No this is a strictly not for profit campaign.

Q. Aren't you just a bunch of socialists/communists/anti-free market protesters?
A. No we are simply concerned that high house prices are causing significant damage to this country.

Q. Are you anti-landlord?
A. No of course not, a healthy rental sector is an important part of a healthy property market. However we are very concerned that the market has become unbalanced and that action is needed to restore a healthy balance between the needs of the investment and private ownership sectors.

Q. Who started Priced Out?
A. The campaign was originally set up by MikeT in March 2006. Since then the campaign has grown significantly and is now relying on the time and effort of our volunteers.

Q. How can I contact the campaign?
A. You can email us on campaign@pricedout.org.uk or telephone 020 81440691

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