The financial impacts of the pandemic, combined with a change to Immigration Rules, could lead to many people with NRPF being deported, says Citizens Advice.
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.
Raising Local Housing Allowance to cover average market rents represents the best way to provide support, reduce long-term financial hardship and ultimately the risk of eviction for renters, says IPPR.