Housing ‘Unaffordable For Women’ In Every English Region

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap mean there is no English region where a single woman on median earnings can afford to rent or buy an averagely priced house, a new report has revealed. Released by the Women’s Budget Group and Women’s Housing Forum, the report finds that, across England, average rents take 43% of women’s median earnings and 28% of men’s. That means there is no region in England where the average home to rent is affordable for a woman on median earnings; while the average home to rent is affordable for men on median earnings in every region except London and the South East. Read more on 24housing.

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