Benefit cuts mean Britain’s poorest private tenants are
having to find an average of £113 a month to meet a shortfall between their
housing benefit payments and their rent, putting many at risk of poverty and
homelessness. Official data obtained by housing charity Shelter found that
London renters on full benefits faced the widest rent gap in cash terms,
needing to find an average of £211.94 a month, followed by £139.66 in the east
of England and £138.23 in the south-east of England. Around 370,000 low-income
households renting privately in Britain, including more than 100,000 families
with children, struggle financially because housing allowances lag so far
behind rents as a result of the benefit freeze. Read more on the Guardian
website.
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