Source should be "Source: Statutory homelessness live tables, MHCLG"..

Freezing of support towards housing costs can have such a detrimental impact on low-income private renters struggling to make ends meet.

We need to do more to improve the affordability of housing for private renters - unfreezing LHA is an important part of this.

77% of low-income private renters receiving Local Housing Allowance had to go without essentials in the last 12 months.

70% of private renters receiving LHA say they feel economically insecure, and 80% believe their housing costs have a high chance of increasing in the next year

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And finally - the trends in tenure shifts are seen across England, but more pronounced in some places than others..

P.s. It seems very unlikely that brexit had a meaningful impact on the trends we reported here.

Also evidence that many landlords switched to incorporation or short lettings as more tax efficient or profitable ventures - important govt rebalances this.

Tax reform quietly helped reshaped the housing market: fewer landlords, more first-time buyers, no clear harm to tenants.

Read more in our @jrf-uk.bsky.social report
www.jrf.org.uk/housing/reba...

In our report we suggest some ways in which Government could double down on these tax changes including closing incorporation loop-holes and equalising the tax paid on income from property with income from earnings.

We need to see a ramping up in the delivery of new homes.

But we don’t need the PRS to start expanding again – new supply can flow into owner occupation and affordable housing, especially social rent.

Still, too many face unaffordable, poor quality, or overcrowded housing, while more young adults are stuck living with parents into their 20s and 30s.

A root cause is not enough homes generally.

In fact our analysis, and analysis by the ONS, finds that the average share of income spent on rent has edged down slightly since 2016. This holds for lower income households too.