A group of charities has written to the government warning plans to extend shared room rate payments could increase homelessness. The seventeen signatories argue that there is not enough shared accommodation available to meet the increasing demand that raising the age limit for payments from 25 to 35 will create. The letter warns the 88,000 people affected by the move are at risk of homelessness. It says: ‘In many areas of the country this type of shared accommodation simply doesn’t exist. Even where it does, claimants already struggle to find an affordable property, with the Department for Work and Pension’s most recent figures showing 70 per cent face a shortfall of an average of £27 per week.’ The change will double the number of people on the shared room rate, and make it even more difficult to find a suitable property, the organisations warn. Read more on Inside Housing.
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