private rented sector

Currently, private-rented housing represents 16% of Wales’ stock and is the worst performing tenure in terms of energy efficiency.

Policy in Practice explore how the benefit cap is affecting families as living costs rise, and looks at how the financial pressure can be eased.

The group – which includes the NRLA and Shelter – warns a lack of support would cause more renters to lose their homes and a rise in homelessness.

Renters Reform Coalition will work with government to effect a private-rented sector that provides safe, affordable, secure housing for all.

Beyond Housing has hired a dedicated caretaker to maintain the Church Lane North estate, Eston, during a “significant” regeneration project.

Britain’s rental market has seen a growing divide since COVID-19, with the number of homes let in affluent areas rising as activity in deprived areas drops.

The Shelter poll also found 35% of private renters were living in poor conditions during lockdown, such as those caused by electrical hazards and damp.

The UK Housing Review Autumn Briefing Paper also says that it is young households who will suffer most in the aftermath of COVID-19.

According to Generation Rent, as many as 55,000 private renters are thought to have been given an eviction notice between March and August.

The NHF findings show 1.6m households are currently in need of social housing – 500,000 more than the 1.16m households recorded on official waiting lists.