Being evicted from a private rented home is now the main
cause of homelessness. And with £12 billion of welfare cuts on the horizon it’s
set to get even tougher for renters on low incomes. A cursory glance in a few letting agents’
windows reveals "no DSS" signs readily displayed alongside bans on
children and pets. The signs are designed to keep people on housing benefit
away, and the fact that they’re exhibited so casually is shocking. But it's
also symptomatic of the private housing market as a whole, which thrives on the
demonisation of society's most vulnerable people. Landlords and letting agents
already pick and choose who to let to. Throw benefit cuts into the mix, along
with a shortage of housing and a ballooning number of renters, and you have a
nasty problem: a huge volume of people who need to rent privately, but have
nowhere to go. Read more on the Independent website.
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