More older people living in the private rented sector are finding a suitable and affordable home is becoming an increasingly impossible to find

An Independent Age briefing exposes the human cost of freezing Local Housing Allowance rates since April 2024. While market rents have soared, nearly seven in ten pension-age renters receiving Housing Benefit face a shortfall between their rent and the support they receive, forcing them to cut back on essentials like heating and food, leaving them stuck in unsafe or deteriorating conditions, and fearing the prospect of homelessness.