Following Prime Minister David Cameron’s refusal to amend proposals for a cap on housing benefit, the charity is warning that reductions in social housing and benefit allowances with extend the gulf between the most disadvantaged young people in the capital and the rest of society.
The charity is also warning that the housing benefit measures could drive families apart, make teenagers more vulnerable to being kicked out of the family home or cause overcrowding.
Gerry Thompson, project manager at Catch22 independent living scheme in Wandsworth, said: "The level of rent in Wandsworth and much of London is high. Many of the young people Catch22 supports live in council or supported housing. The proposed increase of social housing rents to the market value of 80 per cent will impact upon young people trying to live independently.
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