Sentences with phrase «cutting social rents»

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Companies won't invest, stores will close, «for rent» signs will go up, tax payments to the cities will fall, and municipal employees will be laid off while social services are cut back.

A combination of soaring rents, cuts to benefits, and a shortage of social housing has created a crisis in affordable housing in the capital.

These cuts force tenants in social housing to downsize to a smaller property or risk eviction by forcing them into arrears if their housing benefit no longer covers the rent.

However, more must be done to find solutions to the housing crisis and it is concerning that the Office for Budget Responsibility predicts there will be 14,000 fewer affordable homes built as a direct result of social housing rent cuts.

Mr Grayling said the tax credit cuts were part of a package of changes, including free childcare and cuts to social rents, designed to help working families.

Earlier this week, the government set out its comprehensive spending review (CSR) outlining plans to cut funding for social housing by more than 60 per cent, with new tenants in line to pay higher rents.

Leaked documents obtained by this newspaper expose the true scale of the «social cleansing» taking place across the capital as a result of welfare cuts and soaring rents.

However, innovative programs that meet students» social - emotional needs have been cut because of inadequate state aid and, unlike traditional schools, charters must pay rent.