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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Pearce

Forced home moves cost renters over half a billion pounds a year

Someone sealing up packing box
An unwanted move is defined as a tenancy coming to an end, or tenants being priced out or informally asked to leave. Photograph: Oscar Wong/Getty Images

Unwanted home moves cost renters more than half a billion pounds a year, with tenants coughing up an average of £669 every time they are forced by landlords to leave their home, a survey has revealed.

Analysis by the homelessness charity Shelter estimated that there had been 830,000 unwanted moves in England over the past 12 months, meaning 40% of renters who move house are doing so because they have been compelled to look for other accommodation.

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