Housing Benefits
Autumn budget 2026: Keeping housing benefit freeze ‘puts rough sleeping promise at risk’
Autumn budget 2026: Keeping housing benefit freeze ‘puts rough sleeping promise at risk’
Chancellor John Healey decided not to raise local housing allowance rates at the autumn budget. Campaigners have warned it will lead to families facing ‘impossible choices’
Rents in the UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Rents in the UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
With record rent rises becoming the norm, The Big Issue looks at whether renters face more surges or if the tide is starting to turn in the favour of tenants
Rents are set to rise 5% by the end of 2026. Here’s what it could mean for homelessness
Rents are set to rise 5% by the end of 2026. Here’s what it could mean for homelessness
Zoopla has warned fewer homes available on the market is driving up private rent costs. Rising rents could have big implications for homelessness and Andy Burnham’s plans for local housing allowance
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’
Young people ‘hounded’ for rent upfront to get a social home: ‘It’s meant to be affordable housing’