Low-income tenants in the private rented sector face a
“heat, eat or pay rent” problem because housing benefit rates have failed to
keep up with the soaring cost of accommodation, a study has found. The
four-year freeze on local housing allowance levels, which has been in place
since April 2016, means some families must meet a shortfall of hundreds of
pounds a month on their rent support, according to the Chartered Institute of
Housing (CIH). It said the ongoing housing benefit freeze meant even the lowest
private rents were out of reach for many low-income families in most areas –
making it more likely that tenants would be forced to choose between living
necessities or paying the rent. Read more on the CIH website.
‘Sham tribunal’: one family’s battle with Louisiana’s ‘feudal’ eviction
courts
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In rural Louisiana, eviction hearings are held at kitchen tables and other
unorthodox venues – and many justices have little legal training
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