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.
England’s housing courts at breaking point as renters battle no-fault
evictions
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Courts said to be ‘overloaded’ as landlords sell properties and tenants
with nowhere to go try to delay evictions
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