https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/call-for-abolition-of-uk-benefit-cap-as-latest-figures-released/ar-AA1qIUK8?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=dcaedf85dded46e68c0ce1b080d7a777&ei=14
Research published earlier this year found benefit-capped families were living on as little as £4 for each person a day after rent and were often living in overcrowded, rat-infested and damp homes that they had little chance of escaping.
The benefit cap particularly affects domestic abuse victims living in refuges who, as a result, struggle to afford to move into private rented accommodation. With some refuges now limiting stays to six months, survivors are forced to register as homeless and transfer to insecure temporary housing, including moving into hostels and hotels. There was a 24% increase in the number of homeless households living in temporary accommodation due to domestic abuse in 2022-23. A record 117,000 households were in temporary housing in England earlier this year. Sophie Francis-Cansfield, the head of policy at Women’s Aid, said: “The sad reality is the cost of living crisis, combined with a private rental crisis and inadequate state support, is forcing many survivors to make the impossible choice between staying with an abuser and affording to live or leaving and facing financial hardship and homelessness.”
High private sector rents and housing scarcity means it is almost impossible for benefit-capped households across vast swaths of England, Wales and Scotland to afford a home in their local or neighbouring areas. Even more strikingly, in 78 council areas – mainly in the south-east of England – even social housing, the most affordable form of housing where rents are typically half the market rate, is beyond the means of capped households.
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