Hundreds of thousands of people across Britain have taken
out a payday loan to meet their housing costs, research for the charity Shelter
suggests. Of the 3,675 renters and mortgage payers surveyed, 2% had taken out
the high-interest short-term loans in the year to November. Overall, 19% had
borrowed money - other than the mortgage itself - including by using credit
cards. Read more on the Shelter website.
The cruel policy that left councils unable to house families in London |
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*Stephen Pound *says local authorities had to sell off housing stock but
were not allowed to spend the proceeds on replacing the lost homes
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