The amount being paid by private renters in England is
approaching parity with mortgage payments having jumped more than 160% in less
than a decade. Now, campaigners warn of a coming ‘rent crisis’ as the number of
renters rises. Ten years ago, the amount of rent being paid was only 30%of the
total handed over by homeowners. New analysis for Shelter shows the current
figure pushing past 75%. Overall, the Shelter figures – not adjusted for inflation
– show the total amount spent on private rent jumped more than 160% in under a
decade – from £15.9bn in 2006 to £41.3bn in 2015-16. The total spent by home
owners almost flatlined – rising just 5% from £52.1bn to £54.9bn. Read more on
24housing.
Trevor Hendy obituary
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My friend Trevor Hendy, who has died aged 89, was director of development
at United Kingdom Housing Trust (UKHT) in the 1980s, a period in which,
among o...
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