Half of renters fear they won’t be able to pay rent next year due to increases in the cost-of-living crisis
According to another article, “Just 250 people control wealth of £710.723bn, but 16.65 million people live in poverty”.
That could be the reason for the following:
Half of tenants are worried that they won’t be able to afford their rent next year, as 58 per cent have seen it rise this year amid the cost of living crisis.
Research from specialist lender Market Financial Solutions found that 49 per cent of renters were worried they would not be able to pay their rent in 2023.
At the same time, 48 per cent of landlords said they had increased rents on their properties due to rising interest rates and higher mortgage repayments.
In fairness, 56 per cent of landlords said they would allow their tenants some degree of flexibility when it came to making payments. Shame on the other 44 per cent!
The reason for the increases is higher interest rates from the Bank of England, meaning mortgage repayments have increased as well.
Economists have, of course, criticised the Bank for hiking the rates, because the ostensible reason – cutting inflation – is nonsense.
So why do it?
Why push up the level of anxiety in the UK when it is already critically high?
Is it some sort of co-ordinated effort to bankrupt the people of the nation and overload our already-under-resourced mental health services?
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Yes, and one in five Tory MPs are landlords….