Older renters living on low incomes are being forced to move to more deprived areas with fewer services due to the housing crisis, new research suggests.
The analysis, published by the charity Independent Age, shows that 10 of the top 20 local authorities seeing the largest increase in older private rented households are coastal areas, including Blackpool, Torbay, and Fylde.
The remaining council areas on that list are northern towns, or in and around Outer London, including Hounslow, Slough, and Watford.
Fourteen of the 20 local authorities that saw the largest decreases in older private rented households were in Inner London, Liverpool, Brighton and Hove, and Guilford.
The charity argues that the research suggests that the housing crisis is forcing older people on a low income to move away from their support networks and local services due to high rents.
Independent Age urged the Government to pass the Renters (Reform) Bill in full as quickly as possible, and to commit to uprating Local Housing Allowance every year to match rent increases.
They also called for local authorities to be given the power to regulate landlords and rent in their areas.
