Majority Of Private Renters Earning Under £30,000 Are Unable To Access Help To Buy

Fewer than two in every 100 private renters that earn under £30,000 have been able to secure their first home under the government’s Help to Buy scheme, according to new analysis from Shelter. The charity has analysed data from the government’s latest English Housing Survey data to reveal that only 4,142 households with incomes of £30,000 or less were successful in securing homes through the Help to Buy in 2018/19, compared with nearly 2.78 million people in this income bracket living in privately rented homes. Read more on Inside Housing.

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