Younger people are encountering difficulties in renting homes as landlords become more reluctant to let properties to under-35s because of fears about rent arrears, independent research commissioned by Sheffield Hallam University and carried out by the Residential Landlords Association has found. For more information, dates and to book please click here. Of landlords who let to under-35s, 44% stated the high risk of rent arrears as the reason for reducing the number of tenants in that age bracket. Four-fifths of landlords were uncomfortable with under-35s on housing benefit or universal credit, and 79% were unwilling to let to students.
Younger people are encountering difficulties in renting homes as landlords become more reluctant to let properties to under-35s because of fears about rent arrears, independent research commissioned by Sheffield Hallam University and carried out by the Residential Landlords Association has found. Of landlords who let to under-35s, 44% stated the high risk of rent arrears as the reason for reducing the number of tenants in that age bracket. Four-fifths of landlords were uncomfortable with under-35s on housing benefit or universal credit, and 79% were unwilling to let to students.