Londoners facing workforce crisis, high rents making region uninhabitable
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A PUBLIC-SECTOR workforce crisis is gripping London and the south as rising rents have made it uninhabitable for low-paid workers.
A report by consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said there is an “urgent need” to build new affordable homes as stagnating public-sector pay has made it impossible for workers to keep up with the cost of housing.
The firm says rent should amount to less than 30 per cent of gross annual income to be considered affordable.
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