Are you a Grend?
Ok, it sounds like an insult, but this was the question asked today in the Times (£). It stands for ‘Graduates Renting, Employed, No Deposit’ – an increasing group of young-ish people priced out of...
View Article‘Predistribution’ and the Living Wage – or, why we have to cut housing costs
It’s Living Wage Week 2012. On Monday, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Greater London Authority announced the 2012 rates for London and outside of London – £8.55 and £7.45 respectively. All help...
View ArticleImmigration status: the wrong priority for renting
Yesterday the Prime Minister announced that, all private landlords will have to check the immigration status of new tenants or face a penalty. This rather took us by surprise at Shelter. After all,...
View ArticleAre you a Grend?
Ok, it sounds like an insult, but this was the question asked today in the Times (£). It stands for ‘Graduates Renting, Employed, No Deposit’ – an increasing group of young-ish people priced out of...
View Article‘Predistribution’ and the Living Wage – or, why we have to cut housing costs
It’s Living Wage Week 2012. On Monday, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Greater London Authority announced the 2012 rates for London and outside of London – £8.55 and £7.45 respectively. All help...
View ArticleImmigration status: the wrong priority for renting
Yesterday the Prime Minister announced that, all private landlords will have to check the immigration status of new tenants or face a penalty. This rather took us by surprise at Shelter. After all,...
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