Housing: A better fit
Britain’s housing market is failing to meet the needs of older people – despite a rapidly ageing population and a growing demand for retirement housing, Shelter’s new report reveals.
Britain’s housing market is failing to meet the needs of older people – despite a rapidly ageing population and a growing demand for retirement housing, Shelter’s new report reveals.
Renting a two-bedroom home in London is unaffordable for families earning less than £52,000, Shelter has revealed today. Almost one in four London families now rents from a private landlord – an increase of 70 per cent in the past two years.
A YouGov survey of 4,014 British adults for housing charity Shelter has revealed that more than one in five people have spent less on gas and electricity to help pay their rent or mortgage in the last 12 months, and just over one in three have spent less on food.
The latest National Statistics on Statutory Homelessness for July to September 2011, England, were released on 8 December 2011, under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Channel 4 has launched The Great British Property Scandal, a season of special programmes to investigate the housing crisis and consider possible solutions.