400,000 Renters Face Eviction

 a large-scale survey reveals:

·         Around 400,000 renting households have either been served an eviction notice or have been told they may be evicted (5% of all renters).

·         Around a million renting households are worried about being evicted in the next three months (11% of all renters), half of which are families with children.

·         1.7 million renting households are worried about paying their rent over the same period (20%) of all renters).

·         Although renters are faring significantly worse than homeowners, their support has been cut while wealthier homeowners continue to benefit from the Stamp Duty holiday.

Read more on the Joseph Rowntree website.

https://www.jrf.org.uk/press/400000-renters-face-eviction-jrf-warns-uk-risks-%E2%80%98two-tier-recovery%E2%80%99