Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailNearly one in five renters say they are at risk of losing their job in the next three months due to coronavirus, data suggests. The research from housing charity Shelter was published as more than 1.4 million people have applied for Universal Credit (UC) amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In total 19% of those questioned thought losing their job in the next 12 weeks was either very or fairly likely. A further 23% said losing their job would make them immediately unable to cover rent. The housing element of Universal Credit leaves people hundred of pounds short in some parts of the country.

Source: Daily Mirror April 15, 2020 23:02 UTC