Young adults increasingly affected. More and more young people desperate for somewhere to live are falling foul of the ‘pressure-cooker’ private rental market. Citizens Advice data* this week show the number of 17-24-year-olds asking for help more than doubled in a year. Along with many others in the fast-growing private rental sector, they are affected […]
Housing tenure changes. Evidence keeps coming that housing causes many of society’s problems and divisions. This week Resolution Foundation show how far owner-occupation has fallen and why a settled home life can be so hard for low and middle income workers. Many people we see at CA Reigate & Banstead are particularly affected by the shortage of affordable houses to rent. As the foundation points out: Private […]
No longer enough. Housing has always been a common problem for clients at Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead. This summer in our Redhill office it’s the most common. Our job is to help with the immediate difficulty but also to advise on policy change. For example by supporting the Citizens Advice campaign to reform private rentals. We highlight local housing problems […]
Percentage game. The only housing available to many young professionals costs a prohibitive percentage of their income. This finding, published by The Observer (01/05/16), is a challenge to economic policy as well as the quality of life of those affected. The shortage of affordable accommodation is felt in all parts of the country. Living and working in the prosperous South-east is no protection. […]
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Unmet demand is increasing community stress. Housing has always been one of the biggest issues for clients at Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead. In the past year problems brought to us have gone up by more than 15% on 2014. The main cause is that the number of homes available to people on low or middle […]
Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead is calling on the government to scrap its plan to close courts at Redhill and Reigate and transfer their work to Guildford and Staines. Writing to the Ministry of Justice the charity says local justice in the form of court and tribunal services is as important to the community as […]
George Bernard Shaw said that youth is wasted on the young. Being young can bring its own challenges however. You may have just received your A-level results and are planning to start university this autumn. If so you might be faced with the issue of where to live. If you’re going to be moving […]