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A "lost generation" will be pushed out of London because they cannot afford to rent or buy accommodation, a report warned yesterday.
The number of employed people claiming housing benefit in England has risen by 104 per cent since 2009 - a rate of one new claimant every five minutes - because of soaring rents, according to the National Housing Federation (NHF).
Around 310 new claims are added every day at a total cost of more than £12 billion since 2009, said the NHF report Home Truths.
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Burnham’s U-turn on tackling greedy landlords has let the country down
‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises