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  2. Housing for the elderly in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The number of people aged 65 and over in the UK is set to grow from 11.6 million in 2015 to 17.2 million by 2035, an increase of more than 50%, while the number of people aged 85 and over is set to more than double from just over 1.5 million in 2015 to almost 3.2 million in 2035, an increase of over 131%.

  3. Affordability of housing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Mortgagors paid an average of £153 per week in mortgage payments while mean weekly rents in the social housing sector were £98 for housing association tenants and £89 for local authority tenants. When considering the gross weekly income, including benefits, of all household members, the proportion of income spent on housing costs was 18% for ...

  4. Housing Benefit - Wikipedia

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    Housing Benefit is a means-tested social security benefit in the United Kingdom that is intended to help meet housing costs for rented accommodation. It is the second biggest item in the Department for Work and Pensions ' budget after the state pension, totalling £23.8 billion in 2013–14.

  5. Housing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] However, the cost of housing as a proportion of income is higher than average among EU countries, [3] and the increasing cost of housing in the UK may constitute a housing crisis for many especially in London, [5] [6] [7] — the rate of over fivefold house price increases far exceeding the inflation rate of just little above twofold ...

  6. Sanctuary Housing - Wikipedia

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    Sanctuary is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity in England and Wales. [3] Sanctuary Homes received a £3.4 million grant from the Scottish Government in 2019, to finance housing developments in Paisley, Renfrewshire. [4] Sanctuary runs a supported living operation for more than 500 people with learning ...

  7. Income in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Median household disposable income in the UK was £29,400 in the financial year ending (FYE) 2019, up 1.4% (£400) compared with growth over recent years; median income grew by an average of 0.7% per year between FYE 2017 and FYE 2019, compared with 2.8% between FYE 2013 and FYE 2017. [2]

  8. As UK housing costs soar, anxiety grips homeowners and ... - AOL

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    James says her landlord, a London housing organization that manages affordable rental homes for lower-income tenants, has raised her rent yearly and most recently declared a 4% bump to 170 pounds ...

  9. Public housing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Housing, &c. Act 1923 (Chamberlain Act) of 1923 stopped subsidies going to council houses but extended the subsidies to private builders. Following the line of the railways, predominantly private estates were built on cheap agricultural land; building houses that the professional classes with an income of £300–500 a year were able to afford.