SO the housing shortage is all our fault (“Housing in gridlock as Scots baby boomers stall market”, The Herald & “Do not punish the old. Help the young find a decent home”, Herald View, February 14)?

Those of us who struggled to buy a home, not a commodity, and lived through years of low salaries and crippling interest- rate rises, supported our families through student years and beyond and did without luxuries to pay for a home where we could enjoy having family and friends to visit in later years, are now considered selfish if we do not sell up and move to more “suitable” housing.

When I retire from my voluntary-sector job I will look forward to moving back to my village, working in my garden, raising vegetables and keeping fit, taking part in my local community and staying in touch with my neighbours.

I have no desire to move to a one- bedroom flat and sit in an armchair watching television while I wait for the end.

Do not blame us. The finger should be firmly pointed at those who sold off council houses and preferred to build high-profit “executive homes” instead of low-cost homes for the younger generation.

Rev Catherine Collins,

The Manse,

25 Ballinard Gardens,

Broughty Ferry.