Zero-hours contracts are trapping young people in
homelessness. Centrepoint has said that the controversial contracts are making
it harder for 16 to 25-year-olds to escape homelessness and more likely for
them to be saddled with rent arrears leading them being evicted. The result was
young people trying to get back on their feet after having been homeless were
effectively being penalised for getting a job. For young people on zero-hours
contracts the first problem was getting a landlord willing to accept them as a
tenant in rented accommodation. With the current affordable housing shortage
landlords could pick and choose tenants, and many viewed zero-hours workers as
worse than jobless benefits claimants. Read more on the Independent.
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