https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/expenditure-temporary-accommodation-increased-tenfold-between-2011-24-lga-launches New analysis from the Local Government Association (LGA) has found that council expenditure on temporary accommodation (TA) increased by a massive 1077 per cent in real terms between 2011/12 and 2024/25. This equates to councils spending £6 billion (1) across this 13-year period. Of this, £2.2 billion, over one third (37 per cent) was…
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Renters’ Rights Act overview for tenants
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/renters-rights-act-overview-for-tenants The Renters’ Rights Act changes how landlords let out private properties on or from 1 May 2026. This overview of the main changes is for tenants. Separate guidance is available for landlords. The changes apply to privately rented properties. Different rules apply if you: rent from a housing association or local councillive in student…
Homelessness in England 2025
https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/policy_and_research/policy_library/homelessness_in_england_2025 Findings include: there are an estimated 382,618 people who are now homeless in England, including 175,025 children.this represents an 8% increase (28,602 people) in just a year, and means that at least one in 153 people in England are homeless (65 per 10,000 population).there are 202,587 people homeless in London, which is the equivalent…
Falling Behind: The government is failing private renters by freezing Local Housing Allowance
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publications/falling-behind-the-government-is-failing-private-renters-by-freezing-local/ Executive SummaryLocal Housing Allowance (LHA) is intended to ensure the cheapest 30% of properties in an area are affordable to people on low incomes. To do this, LHA was designed to increase as rents increase, by being regularly set at the 30th percentile of local rents. However, it has endured a period of successive…
Average room rent in UK towns and cities
https://www.spareroom.co.uk/content/info-flatsharing/average-rent-uk-towns-cities/ Brighton £766 London £995
The Renters’ Rights Bill has been APPROVED by the House of Commons!
The Renters’ Rights Bill has been APPROVED by the House of Commons! This is the final step before the Bill receives Royal Assent, which we expect shortly. No more amendments, no more debate – renters’ rights are coming.
The welfare system is playing a part in driving high numbers of families into temporary accommodation.
The welfare system is playing a part in driving high numbers of families into temporary accommodation. Since 2013, private rents in Great Britain have increased by 54 per cent, but Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates have increased by just 36 per cent. Nearly half of privately renting families on Universal Credit are facing shortfalls between…
Housing Outlook Q2 2025
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/housing-outlook-q2-2025/ Housing is fundamental to living standards. It’s no surprise that a Government committed to raising living standards has put housing at the heart of its agenda – most notably through its ambition to build 1.5 million new homes by the end of this Parliament. And it is most families’ largest expense, meaning that disposable…
Third successive rise in rough sleeping as the homelessness crisis deepens across England
https://www.crisis.org.uk/about-us/crisis-media-centre/third-successive-rise-in-rough-sleeping-as-the-homelessness-crisis-deepens-across-england Today (Thursday 27th February) the government has released two sets of statistics revealing the depths of the homelessness crisis in England as the number of people rough sleeping reaches 4,667 – a staggering 91% increase since 2021. The annual rough sleeping snapshot provides a detailed estimate of the number of people rough sleeping on…
1 in 77 people in Brighton and Hove are homeless.
https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/policy_and_research/policy_library/homelessness_in_england_2024