The BMA says that as we enter the winter months with COVID-19 cases rising, it is vital that people do not end up without stable accommodation, or even on the streets.
Organisations representing tenants, landlords and letting agents urge the government to provide financial help to private renters in ‘COVID rent arrears’ to avoid a surge in homelessness.
Parents living in privately rented homes in England are almost twice as likely to be worried about homelessness than parents living in secure social homes.
Landlords and lenders are protected from the economic impact of the virus while poorer households bear the brunt, says a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research.