Half A Million Tenants In The UK Battle To Pay Rent Due To Benefit Cap

Almost half a million low-income tenants who are claiming universal credit – many of whom were forced to apply for the benefit during the pandemic – are struggling to pay rent because it only covers the cheapest third of rents in each part of the country. New analysis by Generation Rent suggests 474,000 tenants in the UK currently face a shortfall between their universal credit housing payments and their actual market rents, including 91,904 people in the north west of England which has particularly badly hit by coronavirus. Read more on the Observer website.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/01/half-a-million-tenants-in-the-uk-battle-to-pay-rent-due-to-benefit-cap