BRITAIN’S crippled social housing model is “unsustainable” and unbearable financial pressures are creating a “deep and devastating” strain on residents, campaigners warn today. 

Tenants are suffering “relationship breakdowns, mental health problems and physical ill-health” as a result, the Social Housing Action Campaign (SHAC) told the Morning Star.

The intervention comes as new research from finance firm Legal & General (L&G) reveals that 47 per cent of all households are concerned about keeping up with rent and mortgage payments over the next year amid the skyrocketing cost of living.