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"At the moment the cost is falling heavily on many families in the private rented sector.
Rachel and Malcolm are taking part in an in-depth study by research group the Resolution Foundation looking at 40 low-income families in the private rental sector.
Housing benefit payments could be paid direct to private landlords to encourage longer term tenancies and stable rents for families in the private sector, following a Labour party policy review.
New tenants only get short tenancies of two to five years so they risk joining the insecure multitude of families in the private sector with six-month rental agreements.
Addressing these problems will ease the pressure but they won't help families in the private rental sector who come to Homestore when affording deposits and monthly rent has had to come before a good night's sleep in a bed.
The move, which comes as local authorities anticipate a huge wave of families presenting as homeless as a result of welfare reforms, is likely to accelerate the process by which poorer families in the private rented sector who are made homeless are shifted from expensive areas such as London to cheaper areas of the UK.
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The family living in the private property – where rent is three times higher – will be affected by the cap, their neighbours will not.
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