Even the lowest private rents are now out of reach for
people on low incomes – putting thousands at increased risk of homelessness. Research
from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) showed that more than 90 per cent
of Local Housing Allowance rates across Great Britain now fail to cover the
cheapest rents, as they were originally designed to do. LHA rates were frozen
for four years in 2016 and CIH is warning that they have fallen so far behind
even the cheapest rents that private renting has become unaffordable for most
low income tenants – putting them at risk of homelessness as they are forced to
choose between basic living expenses and paying the shortfall. The organisation
is calling on the government to review the policy and to end the freeze
immediately. Read more on the CIH website.
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