The Resolution Foundation calls on the government to increase the housing benefit bill by an additional £2 billion at the upcoming Budget and to adjust eligibility rules so support keeps pace with rental growth. The proposal focuses on how the amounts claimants can receive relate to local rents, including in high-cost areas.
The report urges ministers to link housing benefit allowances to rising rental prices, arguing that the current approach leaves working-age tenants facing higher costs as rents rise. It also highlights that this issue affects expensive parts of the housing market, such as central London, where rent increases may outstrip benefit limits.
Coverage centers on the think tank’s specific recommendations: both the requested funding increase and the mechanism for recalibrating housing benefit to reflect market changes. Other outlets may emphasize different aspects of the wider housing and welfare debate, but the core elements reported here are the call for more funding and a change to how benefit levels track rent inflation.
