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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 March 2026
Debate
Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2026Contribution
Shelter has repeatedly warned that people cannot budget their way out of unaffordable rents. These are not poor decisions; they are survival strategies. They only delay the inevitable, because when the shortfall persists, as it surely will, arrears grow, landlords lose patience and eviction follows. Even in the new Renters’ Rights Act, arrears in rent is still one of the grounds for eviction.
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