Delivering 100,000 new high-quality social homes each year would bring significant benefits to the national economy, says the Local Government Association.
Without additional support for families, child poverty in London which is already the highest in the country, is going to get worse, says an alliance of organisations.
Higher housing costs have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne the brunt of Britain’s 40-year housing crisis, the Resolution Foundation warns in a new report.
Shelter says that if the government invested in a new generation of social homes, working families would not need to rely on housing benefit to keep a roof over their heads.
The court will consider whether social security tribunals and local authorities have the power to provide effective remedy to benefits claimants in situations where the application of regulations breach their rights under the Human Rights Act.
The judgement means families made homeless due to the inability to pay the rent because of cuts to housing related benefits cannot be said to be intentionally homeless.
The Government’s housing benefit policy is forcing under-35s into unsafe and inadequate housing that puts many young women at risk, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Southampton, published with Young Women’s Trust.