760,000 Renting Families One Pay Cheque Away From Losing Home

With little or no savings to fall back on, 45% of private renters in England could not afford to pay their rent for more than a month if they lost their job, new research from Shelter shows. Surviving from one pay cheque to the next, the Shelter and YouGov study found almost three million private renters could be just one pay cheque away from losing their home. The study shows the situation is particularly bleak for working families with children, with some 760,000 renting families just one pay cheque away from losing their home – with a job loss leaving 550,000 of these families immediately unable to pay rent. Read more on 24housing.

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