Half A Million More Children In PRS Poverty Than Ten Years Ago

NHF chief executive Kate Henderson has slammed housing associations having to bid directly against developers “making millions” from luxury properties while 1.3m children live in PRS poverty. That 1.3m figure is revealed in newly released NHF research that shows an increase of 537,325 children (69%) living in poverty in privately rented homes in England since 2008. Urging “more direct” government funding for social housing, Henderson says, nearly half (46%) of all children in privately rented homes in England live in poverty – despite seven in ten (71%) of their families being in work. Read more on the NHF website.

https://www.housingnet.co.uk/pdf/Poverty_and_housing_costs_in_the_private_rented_sector.pdf