Over the past 12 months Shelter UK has been inundated with private tenants who face homelessness after their landlord’s property has been repossessed during the credit crunch. Tenants currently have no legal rights when a landlords residence is repossessed, leading to many tenants losing the roof over their head with no prior notice when the bailiffs knock on the door.

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Shelter UK feels the housing market is in a critical state due to the ongoing recession in the UK. With the collapse in lending and house prices leading to severe drops in private housing supply, this will pose a serious challenge for the housebuilding industry.

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Shelter UK has reacted with concern to the new Communities and Local Government (CLG) figures showing 565,000 households are now living in overcrowding in UK. This is an astounding rise of 11,000 households from last years figures, with Shelter’s research showing that living in overcrowded housing harms the health of children.

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The Shelter UK big build up to Christmas is here and they want you can be a part of it. With the credit crunch biting the nation, Shelter will be working harder than ever to help families in desperate need to keep the roof over their heads.

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