25-04-2008
Possible financial help on offer for tenants
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A new way for tenants to start saving in order to buy their own home has been proposed by a major trade body.
According to the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), more than two-fifths of renters in both the public and private sectors do not have any money in savings accounts for the future, with some struggling to pay rent to their landlord.
However, the CIH has proposed that public landlords could collect savings as part of the monthly rent and put that money into high interest savings accounts.
Sarah Webb, CIH chief executive, said: "There is a growing asset-inequality between those who rent and those who own their own home and we need to address this in a number of different ways."
Recently, the CIH has called for the introduction of a professional rental sector in the UK.