Single parents have to work seven hours more each week
than they did 10 years ago to stay above the poverty line due to the effect of
benefit cuts, a new report exploring in-work poverty has found. The report,
published by the Resolution Foundation, found that poverty rates fall from 35%
to 18% when people move into work – but even sustained employment does not
eliminate in-work poverty for many households. Almost seven in 10 working-age
adults living in poverty today are either working themselves or living in a
household where someone else does, up from fewer than five in 10 two decades
ago. Read more on Inside Housing.
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With the right funding, housing associations should be able to provide a
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