Homelessness – Landlords Are Not The Enemy

The cause of homelessness is often blamed on landlords. With the possibility of new legislation to tackle homelessness being announced in the Queen’s Speech, meaningful reforms need to be made that engage landlords rather than making them a scapegoat. Figures from the CLG show that 29 per cent of people accepted as homeless in England cite the main cause as the loss of an assured shorthold tenancy.  The ending of a tenancy was the cause for homelessness for 15,420 people in 2014. In 2004, this number was 16,820. It reached a low of 4,580 in 2009 but has steadily been on the rise since. Plausibly, this is down to LHA rates not keeping up with market rents, among other factors. Read more on the NLA website.