Currently, private-rented housing represents 16% of Wales’ stock and is the worst performing tenure in terms of energy efficiency.
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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.
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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.
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Renters Reform Coalition will work with government to effect a private-rented sector that provides safe, affordable, secure housing for all.
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Beyond Housing has hired a dedicated caretaker to maintain the Church Lane North estate, Eston, during a “significant” regeneration project.
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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.
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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.
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The UK Housing Review Autumn Briefing Paper also says that it is young households who will suffer most in the aftermath of COVID-19.
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According to Generation Rent, as many as 55,000 private renters are thought to have been given an eviction notice between March and August.
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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.