The NRLA has urged Chancellor John Healey to use the 28 October Budget to overhaul rental tax, unfreeze housing benefit and fund EPC upgrades, as figures show 10 renters chase every home and the Local Housing Allowance shortfall has hit a record 23.3 percent.
Citizens Advice finds 58% of private renters on housing support face a rent shortfall, up by almost 300,000 since May 2024, and urges ministers to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance in the Autumn Budget.
Policy Exchange proposes freezing Local Housing Allowance until spending falls in real terms, then resetting it to the 10th percentile of local rents.
MHCLG data shows English councils spent £2.93bn on temporary accommodation in 2025-26, raising pressure on private-sector supply and local budgets.
Propertymark says the proposed Crisis and Resilience Fund cannot close the gap left by frozen Local Housing Allowance rates, leaving landlords and low-income tenants exposed ahead of the 2026-27 settlement.
Only 1.9 percent of private rental listings across Britain are now affordable to households relying on housing benefit, according to new analysis led by Crisis…
Children are now more likely than working-age adults to live in the private rented sector, with 3.2 million children in privately rented homes and 23…
Older private renters on the lowest incomes are now spending 48 percent of their income on housing costs, according to Independent Age, which says the…
Taskforce finds 130,000 households in temporary accommodation as LHA freeze widens gap between benefit rates and market rents.
Scotland’s Housing Secretary has written to the UK government warning that the continued freeze on Local Housing Allowance is pushing low-income renters out of the…
Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has backed calls to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance rates, warning that the current freeze is widening the gap between benefit…
Landlords are once again being cast as political scapegoats – this time by Housing Secretary Angela Rayner, who has sparked backlash after claiming that increasing…
Labour’s recent announcement to freeze local housing allowance (LHA) rates until at least April 2026 has sparked concern among landlord groups, who warn that this…
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has highlighted a critical issue affecting nearly a million private rental households in Britain that rely on Universal Credit,…
The Autumn Statement delivered by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has elicited varied reactions from the property industry, with some key measures impacting housing but an overall…
