A call has gone out to shift tens of thousands of the poorest tenants in the private rental sector into social housing in a bid to save money.
The Chartered institute of Housing and the Centre for Homelessness Impact, in a joint study, say the government could save £1.9 billion a year by moving recipients of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit from private rented accommodation to social rented housing.
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