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Citizens Advice helped more than 8,000 people with homelessness issues in October, the highest monthly figure ever recorded.
A rising number of Section 21 no-fault evictions for private rental tenants, often led by rising mortgage interest payments for landlords, was listed as a significant contributor.
Suella Braverman was sacked as Home Secretary on Monday, having said earlier in the month that homelessness was a “lifestyle choice”.
Citizens Advice (CA, formerly Citizens Advice Bureau) is a charitable organisation that provides confidential information and advice to assist people with problems including those related to debt and housing.
They record data on people that come to them for help so they are able to be aware of changing trends and issues affecting certain groups more than others.
In addition to those facing homelessness in October, almost 20,000 people were given a food bank referral, the third highest month on record, and more than 45,000 received debt help, the most since 2014.
More than half of people CA helped with homelessness were private tenants, a reversal of pre-pandemic trends when social tenants were most exposed.
Sky News analysis earlier in the year showed that renters could be more vulnerable to higher housing costs caused by interest rates than mortgage-holders, despite not being directly exposed themselves.
More than 2,000 private renters were helped by CA last month after being served with Section 21 no-fault eviction notice.
That figure is also a new record high. It’s the fourth time the record has been broken this year.
The number of people seeking help with no-fault evictions were at or close to record highs in all English regions, but have been falling in Wales over the past 12 months.
The Welsh government changed the rules around renting on 1 December 2022, to protect tenants if landlords failed to make necessary repairs, and give more notice ahead of no-fault evictions.
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