Renting privately
across most of England has become unaffordable for people on benefits, housing
charities have warned, with people in some areas short of at least £100 a
month. Analysis by the BBC has shown the gap between rent and Local
Housing Allowance (LHA) more than doubled across most of the country since
2016. Shelter said people were having to "choose between food and
rent". The government said it had targeted extra funding at low-income
households. Working age benefits were frozen for four years in 2016, while
rents have continued to rise. Read more on the BBC website.
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