A new report from Crisis said that an ever depleting supply of social homes meant that housing associations were using strict criteria to choose new tenants, and people on low incomes and in receipt of benefits were having applications denied due to being deemed too risky.

This was so predictable. The answer is to build much more social housing, and compulsorarily purchase long-term empty properties.

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People on lowest incomes being denied access to social housing, research finds

Benefit claimants having applications denied for being deemed too risky by housing associations, says Crisis

^{Jessica Murray (The Guardian)}

Americans are being pushed into an impossible choice: affordable homes in high-risk flood and fire zones, or safe neighborhoods they can’t afford.

It’s a collision of the housing crisis and climate change, and policy failures are driving it.

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The housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safety

Priced out of ‘safe,’ more and more Americans are moving to flood plains and fire zones.

^{The Conversation}