West London has the lowest number of homes available to first-time buyer working families in the country.
A report by housing charity Shelter has revealed there are no affordable homes on sale in Kensington and Chelsea,Westminster, Brent and Ealing while Hammersmith and Fulham had just one affordable property available out of 1,061 two bedroom or more homes.
Kensington and Chelsea had 1,449 two plus bedrooms on sale when the April study was done and Westminster had 2,474 - yet none were affordable.
Brent had 1,053 family homes, while Ealing had 1,134 but those on an average income can forget buying a family house in the area.
Hounslow was only slightly better with four affordable houses out of 853.
The housing charity based its definition of affordable by assuming a typical first-time buyer would put down an 18 per cent deposit and borrow around 3.4 times their income. They also took into account variations in local wages.
They also assumed a young family with at least one child might include one adult on a full-time wage (just over £21,000) and another working part-time.
Campbell Robb, chief executive of Shelter, said: “When a family looking to buy their first home searches a whole town for a place to live and finds nothing they can afford, it’s clear we’re not just facing a housing shortage any more: it’s a full-blown drought.
“As the pool of affordable properties shrinks ever smaller, thousands of people are being forced to wave goodbye to their dreams of a home of their own - even those who’ve been able to put aside a large deposit.”
Housing minister Kris Hopkins, added: “Improving housing affordability for hard-working people is a vital part of our long-term economic plan.
“That’s why we’ve cut the deficit inherited from the last government; keeping interest rates at a record low, and why we have prioritised limited financial resources for investment in housing.
"Thanks to our efforts the number of first-time buyers is at its highest level in five years and over 131,000 households have been able to buy or reserve a property through Government-backed home ownership schemes since 2010."
