Affordable housing shortage warning

Affordable housing shortages could affect almost half of England within five years because of Government welfare reforms, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned.

The National Audit Office said uprating state help with rents by inflation rather than the actual cost of local homes could lead to "significant problems". It also said that 87% of claimants know little or nothing about the cuts to housing benefit they face because the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has "struggled to raise awareness".
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