Despite repeated increases in the National Living Wage, soaring housing and living costs have largely swallowed workers’ gains, leaving the deeper structural issues unchanged.
Many of those earning minimum wage will be living in properties owned by Housing Associations and will also be claiming some element of Housing Benefit.
When the Housing Benefit Cap was imposed it was noted that Housing Associations were a major driver in domestic rent increases as they knew that whatever rent increases they wished to impose would automatically have been met by the Benefits Office.
Many of those earning minimum wage will be living in properties owned by Housing Associations and will also be claiming some element of Housing Benefit.
When the Housing Benefit Cap was imposed it was noted that Housing Associations were a major driver in domestic rent increases as they knew that whatever rent increases they wished to impose would automatically have been met by the Benefits Office.