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Inside the battle to make ends meet as benefits fail to keep up with soaring rents

New analysis has found almost half of all private renters who receive housing benefit experience a shortfall between the government support and monthly rents. Holly Bancroft and Albert Toth speak to claimants and charities about the struggle to keep up with rising rents

The Independent UK

Nearly 1m children in UK at risk of poverty due to housing costs – report

Thinktank suggests ministers’ failure to raise LHA will push 90,000 more families into hardship in the next year

The Guardian - UK

Councils move hundreds of homeless families out of London with 24-hour ultimatums

Campaign group says 319 households accepted tenancy offers outside capital in 2023, with many ‘under threat of being made destitute’

The Guardian - UK

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When I look back on 14 years of Tory rule, there is one awful housing policy that stands out

Holding down benefit rates has sent homelessness soaring and led to an exodus of poorer people from our cities, says Inside Housing editor Peter Apps

The Guardian - UK

Neglected, derided and exploited more than ever: why won’t the UK protect those who rent a home?

Millions face a perfect storm of rising demand, limited supply and politicians who don’t really care enough to ease their plight, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

“Squeeze set to get worse” as rents set to outstrip housing benefits 14% by 2025

The Chancellor’s temporary measures will do little to help the rent, cost-of-living and homelessness crisis, warns action group

Evening Standard

People claiming benefits locked out of private rented sector, research shows

SHOCKING new research shows that 92 of the private rented sector in Scotland is unaffordable for people claiming benefits.

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60,000 London renters could become homeless by 2030 if housing benefit stays frozen, analysis finds

The figure comes amid warnings that homelessness in London is already 'increasing unmanageable'

Evening Standard

Thousands more working households facing homelessness in England

Friday’s figures also showed the lengthy periods of time people have been spending in temporary accommodation.

The Independent UK

Minister urged to un-freeze housing benefit amid rising homelessness

A City Hall politician has urged minister Mel Stride to increase local housing allowance

Evening Standard

Number of households in temporary accommodation in England at highest level

Charities urge government to ban no-fault evictions and accelerate housebuilding

The Guardian - UK

The UK housing crisis isn’t just about mortgages – private renters desperately need help too

The local housing allowance freeze is pushing many tenants into dangerous, poor quality accommodation, says Alex Diner, a researcher at the New Economics Foundation

The Guardian - UK

London renting crisis: number of private homes to rent drops to ‘disastrous’ new low across the capital

Londoners scramble for fewer properties as rents continue to soar

Evening Standard

‘Morale is very low’: evicted tenant’s three months and counting in a London Travelodge

Nicole Bent and her daughter are among dozens of homeless families being put up by council in hotel rooms

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Daily Record

Landlord blasted by residents of 'neglected' Paisley flats over claims of asbestos and legionella

Tenants’ union Living Rent, which began operating in Paisley earlier this year, says it has serious concerns about the health and safety of those living in the Glen Street flats.

Daily Record

New calls to raise Local Housing Allowance in-line with inflation to help private tenants with cost of living

A new petition proposes increasing rates by 10.1% to help offset rising rent costs in the private housing sector.

Chronicle Live

Warning that Universal Credit claimants face real-terms cut to benefit

Hard-up families may have to find more money to top up their rent payments as Government confirms freeze on allowances

Evening Standard

Foreign investors forcing London rents to unaffordable levels, warns Tory MP

Foreign investors buying up London property are forcing rents to unaffordable levels and contributing to a “perfect storm” housing crisis, an MP has warned.

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Daily Mirror

DWP told to 'get a grip' over quiet housing benefit cut that hits 844,000 Brits

The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - the amount of Universal Credit people get to cover private rent - has been frozen since April 2020. And page 66 of an Autumn Statement document confirmed it's being frozen again to 2024

ABC News

Ung Services and director Nico Keat fined almost $500k after Labour Hire Authority probe

Ung Services and its director Nico Keat have been slapped with almost $500,000 in penalties following an investigation by Victoria's Labour Hire Authority.

Evening Standard

London homeless crisis warning as private rents soar

London faces a huge homelessness spike without “urgent action” as the cost-of-living crisis hits tens of thousands of private renters, councils warned on Friday.

ABC News

MADEC Australia to conduct audit, refund farm workers after housing standards breach

Major contractor MADEC Australia agrees to improve the standard of accommodation it provides to farm labourers after the watchdog finds it did not comply with minimum standards.

Bristol Post

Imperial Apartments IS suitable for children, council finds and will start rehousing families there

A review found that Caridon - whose annual gross income from the site is £4.1m - didn't originally provide accurate dimensions for all, but seven properties

Manchester Evening News

Has Manchester rebuilt London’s housing crisis?

SPECIAL REPORT: In 2018, 2019 and 2020 the M.E.N. revealed the plight faced by rocketing numbers of homeless Mancunian families. The situation now feels increasingly out of control, raising deeper questions about the city’s future

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