Rising affordable rents have been “a key driver” in a
rise in relative poverty in the UK over recent years, a report from the
Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found. Average housing costs for
low-income families with children, it found, have risen four times faster than
for middle-income families. The report added that “a key driver” of this change
has been the recent increases in what it called “social rents” but which the
researchers clarified meant “rents paid by households that live in council
housing or housing provided by a housing association”. Read more on the IFS
website.
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The housing crisis has reached catastrophic new levels, and Labour is
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