I'm stuck in rising rent housing crisis
MEN on Sunday|March 26, 2023
Partially-sighted Maxine Ford, 51, lives in a privately rented flat in Peel Green, but has been told her rent will rise from £675 to £700 a month.
NICK JACKSON
I'm stuck in rising rent housing crisis

A WOMAN says she’s been told she cannot join Salford council’s waiting list for social housing because she’s not in enough debt or in danger of eviction.

Single Maxine works as an occupational health scheduler but says after outgoings, she’s left with only £200 a month to pay for travel-to-work costs and groceries. She told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “After I received the letter to say my rent was going up, I thought with the cost of living and everything else, I can’t afford to maintain my flat the way it’s going.

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