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Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows

Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation

Thinktank calls on chancellor to end housing allowance freeze with typical two-bedroom household facing £158 week shortfall amid rent rises

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19

Spend £6bn to ‘save’ millions of renters at Budget, Burnham urged

Rental costs are increasingly unaffordable for lower-income households, new report warns

The Independent UK · Sep 18

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Andy Burnham urged to act as Labour blamed for 'driving Scots into housing hardship'

THE SNP have slammed Andy Burnham's pledge to end homelessness, claiming the move is hypocritical while "the Labour Party has driven more…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 29

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 · Mar 20, 2025

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 · Feb 3, 2025

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 · Jun 10, 2024

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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 · Jun 5, 2024

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 · Mar 24, 2024

“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 · Dec 8, 2023

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.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 19, 2023

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 · Nov 9, 2023

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 · Oct 13, 2023

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 · Sep 18, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2023

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 · Jul 5, 2023

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

Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2023

‘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 · Jun 6, 2023

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 · Apr 21, 2023

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 · Dec 7, 2022

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 · Dec 6, 2022

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.

Daily Mirror · Dec 5, 2022

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 · Dec 2, 2022

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 · Aug 26, 2022

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.

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