Private Renters Made Homeless Have Trebled Since 2010

The number of private renters being made homeless is at a near-record high and has more than trebled under the Conservative government. Thousands of renters each month are being deemed officially homeless by local councils after being evicted by private landlords and struggling to pay rents that have risen across the country by more 20 per cent since 2010.  The figures show a huge rise in people becoming homeless at the end of assured short hold tenancies (ASTs) – the most common agreement used by private landlords – since 2010. In the year to September 2016, 18,820 private renting households were made homeless, compared with just 5,580 in the year to September 2010. Read more on the Independent website.