Thursday, 16 January 2014

Rent Support Scheme Nears 100% Success in Preventing Evictions

A scheme that helps vulnerable tenants in rent arrears avoid eviction has recorded a 97% success rate for keeping people in their homes. The 10-week Rent Support Programme is run by Kineara, a social enterprise founded in 2012 to create services that save money and have a social impact. The programme, which was developed in partnership with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, housing association Poplar HARCA and Kineara, works with residents and their families who are in rent arrears to help them out of debt and get them to a better place emotionally as well as financially. Read more on 24dash.

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