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What the latest statistics tell us about housing – in six charts
Nearly half of 25- to 34-year-olds rent their home The majority of 25- to 34-year-olds in 2004 owned their own home, but those born just a decade later are now far more likely to be renting from a...
View ArticleHalf a million more people claiming housing benefit under coalition
Britain’s failure to build affordable homes has led to a soaring housing-benefit bill – with half a million more people now relying on state handouts to pay their rent than when the coalition came to...
View ArticleTenants face £70m rent rise as social housing converted to ‘affordable’...
London’s poorest households have been hit by a £70m rent rise as housing associations quietly switch thousands of tenancies to higher rates to make up a shortfall in government funding. About 25,000...
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