This paper analyzes connotation and characteristics of post-80s generation and makes an on-the-spot investigation on housing status quo,housing consumption psychology and preference and so on of post- 80s generation in Wuhan.This paper then uses housing price-income ratio model to calculate the affordable reasonable interval,personal and whole purchasing power of new housing,affordable housing and second-hand housing of post-80s generation in order to evaluate the status quo of their housing purchasing power.The result shows that 78.43% of post-80s generation can form effective purchasing power level uner their purchasing preferences,and under the influence of wealth gift from other people,post-80s generation can wholly form effective purchasing power to all kinds of housing consumption demand in the market.Meanwhile,through analyzing dominant factors influencing post-80s generation ‘s housing purchasing power,this paper concludes that wealth gifts from other people have significant impact on their housing purchasing power.