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Tackling High Housing Costs Must Be A Core Element Of The Government's Strategy To Reduce Child Poverty

More than one in four children (27 per cent - 1.1 million in total) in poverty would not have been living below the poverty line in recent years (2022-23) were it not for high housing costs - a sign the Government must prioritise tackling housing unaffordability in its upcoming Child Poverty Strategy, says new Resolution Foundation research published on Saturday 7 December 2024. The Foundation's Housing Outlook Q4 2024 reveals that high housing costs are felt most acutely by those living in the private rented sector (PRS). [Read Full Article]