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Originally Posted by Hugh
but isn't the same true for those in employment?
My niece can't afford to rent in certain (quite a lot, actually) parts of London, and she has a reasonably paid job, so she has 40-50 minute tube journeys at the beginning and end of each day, but I don't hear anyone calling for support for people like her and her peer group....
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You're right and this is one of the reasons why 25% of private tenants are now in receipt of Housing Benefit. At one time many of these people wouldn't have needed or qualified for assistance.
HB restrictions coupled with rent inflation does affect working people and unemployed people alike.