No Room Available: Study of the Availability of Shared Accommodation

Just 1.5 per cent of rental properties are available to single people on benefits, according to research from homelessness charity Crisis.  The charity for single homeless people organised ‘mystery shoppers’ to pose as renters looking for a room in shared properties in the private rented sector in Birmingham, Leeds and Lewisham.  Of the 4,360 rooms advertised, only 13 per cent were priced within the benefits rates and of these 66 (1.5 per cent) were owned by landlords willing to rent to benefit claimants.  Download a copy of the report – No Room Available – from the Crisis website.