Charities demand action to tackle toll of soaring housing costs, welfare cuts and ‘no fault’ evictions Tracy Strassburg and her sons Sebastian, 7, and Charlie, 5, have been forced to move house six times in seven years. Photograph: Shelter Michael Savage Policy Editor A record number of renters are being evicted from their homes, with more than 100 tenants a day losing the roof over their head, according to a shocking analysis of the nation’s housing crisis. The spiralling costs of renting a property and a long-running freeze to housing benefit are being blamed for the rising number of evictions among Britain’s growing army of tenants. More than 40,000 tenants in England were evicted in 2015, according to a study by the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) . It is an increase of a third since 2003 and the highest level recorded. The research appears to confirm fears that a mixture of rising costs and fa...
Pamlomo-Sauti Ya Jamii (SYJ) is essentially a digital news platform that shares different types of news updates — social, political, economic, sports, entertainment, and community stories. From the context you’ve given, it is based in Iringa, Tanzania, and functions mainly as an online outlet (likely through social media such as Facebook, YouTube, or other channels) where audiences can get real-time updates.