Housing Benefits
Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’

Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’
Rising rents are pushing renters to food banks with the number of tenants needing help soaring almost 80% in five years, research from Crisis and Citizens Advice found
Young people ‘hounded’ for rent upfront to get a social home: ‘It’s meant to be affordable housing’

Young people ‘hounded’ for rent upfront to get a social home: ‘It’s meant to be affordable housing’
A youth charity said it had paid almost £30,000 in deposits to prevent young people from being made homeless after being asked for hundreds of pounds in rent upfront