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https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/saving-private-renters/ Local Housing Allowance (LHA), which caps how much support is provided through the social security system to low-income private renters, was last relinked to the 30th percentile of rents in April 2024, and has been frozen in cash terms ever since. But private rents have risen considerably since then. [1] A low-income family renting…
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/privaterentandhousepricesuk/september2026 Main points
Private renters will benefit from stronger protections, greater transparency and more confidence in the homes they rent under the next phase of the government’s Renters’ Rights Act reforms. Through a new national landlord registration service and a clearer route to challenge rent increases in England, renters will be able to make more informed choices about where they live and…
New research from StepChange Debt Charity has revealed growing concern about household finances, with millions of people worried about how they will cope as energy costs are expected to rise ahead of winter. These statistics come as Ofgem is expected to announce a rise in the energy price cap from October, before households have felt…
Responding to the latest Ofgem price cap, Dame Clare Moriarty, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice, said: “Today’s price cap rise pushes energy prices to a three year high. It’s another sign of the relentless erosion of living standards across the country: energy bills are simply too high, prices leapfrog incomes, and debt levels continue to…
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https://wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/its-time-to-turn-the-tide-8a6c1ac2a82f Crisis has become the new normal. Millions of households face a relentless financial squeeze that feels like it never stops. At Citizens Advice, our advisers do all they can to help people find a way forward. But prices keep rising faster than incomes, pushing household debt levels ever higher. Half the people who come to…
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…
https://www.crisis.org.uk/about-us/crisis-media-centre/fewer-than-2-of-properties-in-britain-considered-affordable-for-renters-on-housing-benefit-1 New research from a coalition of organisations led by Crisis and Citizens Advice has revealed the extent of Britain’s cost of living crisis, with fewer than two in 100 private rental properties listed in Britain (1.9%) now affordable for people on housing benefit, according to data from Zoopla. This is pushing low-income households into…