Rising house prices and the gender pay gap mean there is
no English region where a single woman on median earnings can afford to rent or
buy an averagely priced house, a new report has revealed. Released by the Women’s Budget Group and Women’s Housing
Forum, the report finds that, across England, average rents take 43% of women’s
median earnings and 28% of men’s. That means there is no region in England
where the average home to rent is affordable for a woman on median earnings;
while the average home to rent is affordable for men on median earnings in
every region except London and the South East. Read more on 24housing.
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