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Homelessness charity Crisis has published a new national survey that supports its fears that many of the 88,000 people affected by the Government’s latest planned cut in housing benefit could become homeless if the change goes ahead.
This week the Government is pushing through changes to extend the ‘Shared Accommodation Rate’ to 25-34 year-olds, which will see an average cut in housing benefit of £47 a week, the charity claims, as their benefits will only cover the cost of a room in a shared house, instead of a self-contained flat
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