Children under “a cloud of uncertainty.”
Parents who know they may have to move out of their homes at short notice find it difficult to plan for the future.
That’s one of the findings of a survey of adults* in private rented accommodation carried out for Citizens Advice.
Not exactly surprising, you may think.
What IS surprising however is there are STILL no firm plans to improve protection of tenants and give families the security they obviously need.
The number of people bringing up children in privately rented accommodation has grown fast in recent years. They now make up nearly 4 in 10 private rented households.
Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead regularly helps these families.
Often the problem is threat of eviction. But often too there are other problems – about money or relationships for example – caused or made worse by the insecurity of the family home.
Citizens Advice comments on the survey: “Families are living under a cloud of uncertainty – not knowing when they might need to leave their home. This can make planning for the future, such as where your child can go to school, a real struggle.”
*Families with children hit by insecurity in the private rented sector, Citizens Advice, 03/01/17.