Angela Rayner responds to NHF findings that 2 in 5 older renters struggle to afford food, heating or clothes

Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Deputy Leader and Shadow Housing Secretary, commenting on National Housing Federation findings that two in five older private renters struggle to afford food, heating or clothes, said:

“At the height of a cost-of-living crisis, renters of all ages have never been so exposed and desperately in need of action to tackle the housing emergency. 

“On the Tories’ watch, rents and mortgages are soaring, fewer people are able to buy their own home and over a million people are stuck on social housing waiting lists. 

“The government’s indefinite delay to the ban on no-fault evictions they promised comes at a heavy price for renters who have been let down by this government for far too long already.

“Labour’s housing recovery plan will meet the scale of the housing crisis this Conservative government has created, jump-starting housebuilding, delivering the biggest boost to social and affordable housing in a generation and reform to make renting fairer and more secure.”