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London has about 3 million households.

London's population has grown twice as fast as its number of households.

Household growth has all be in the private rented sector.

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Households in the Inner West of London stand to lose the most money as a result of changes to Housing Benefit.

• For all household sizes, the average weekly loss is smallest in the Outer East & North East.

• Larger households (mainly families with children) will face the most serious difficulties in paying their rent.

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An estimated 104,000 households in London will lose money as a result of changes to Housing Benefit.

• Most households affected will be in one or two-bedroom accommodation.

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The reduction in the rate of Housing Benefit payable to low income households in the private rental sector is likely to make many parts of London unaffordable.

• A survey of landlords by London Councils suggests very few will reduce their rents significantly.

• Families affected may choose to move, make financial sacrifices or become overcrowded.

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The lowest house prices in London are found in the Outer East & North East.

• The average house price in Barking & Dagenham is around £1million less than in Kensington & Chelsea.

• Of the 9 boroughs with the lowest average house prices in 2008, 7 have seen falls of at least 5% since.

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Households in London are much more likely to be overcrowded than in the rest of England.

• By 2008/09, 220,000 households in London lived in overcrowded conditions - an increase of 40% in a decade.

• Overcrowding in privately rented accommodation has more than doubled in ten years.

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Unlike in the rest of England, most families in temporary accommodation in London are housed in the private rental sector.

• Forthcoming changes will mean that local authorities can fulfil their duties to homeless families by housing them 'permanently' in privately rented accommodation.

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In 2010, 3,800 people were seen sleeping rough at least once over the course of the year by street outreach teams.

• Most of the increase in rough sleeping in London since 2004 is in people from Central and Eastern European countries, who do not have benefit or housing entitlements.

• Although it is the most visible and extreme form of homelessness, rough sleeping accounts for a small part of all homelessness.

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Within London, Enfield has the highest proportion of landlord repossession orders.

• Landlord repossession orders over the last two years have either fallen or remained stable across all boroughs.

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Mortgage repossessions fell in every borough in 2010.

• Within London, Newham has the highest rate of mortgage repossession orders.

• The rate in Newham is about 10 times higher than in Richmond.

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Almost half of households leaving temporary accommodation in London had spent more than two years in such accommodation.

• This compares to about 7% elsewhere in England.

• The unusually long time spent in temporary accommodation in London explains why the capital has a disproportionately high rate of households in such accommodation

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The proportion of households in temporary accommodation has come down almost everywhere in London.

• The differences between boroughs are huge. In Merton, around 1 household per 1,000 is in temporary accommodation. In Newham, it is 42.

• The rate of temporary accommodation has fallen faster in Inner London than Outer London, although the rate remains higher.

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The rate of homeless acceptances in London is slightly higher than in the rest of England, at 3 acceptances per 1,000 households per year, compared to 2 elsewhere.

• The proportion of households placed in temporary accommodation under statutory duties in London is more than ten times as high as the rest of England.

• After recent falls in both new homeless acceptances and temporary accommodation, both figures are again increasing in London.

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The difference in newly homeless households by borough is one of the starkest on this site. The proportion of households accepted as homeless in Tower Hamlets is 8 times higher than in Merton, Harrow or Camden.

• Homelessness acceptances came down in most boroughs between 2007/8 and 2009-10.

• The numbers accepted as homeless depend on different boroughs' different local policies. These figures should not therefore be seen as accurately reflecting the levels of new homelessness in each borough.

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Having declined every year since 2003, the proportion of households accepted as homeless in London was the same in 2010 as 2009 at around 3 per 1,000. The rate did start increasing at the end of 2010.

The proportion of households living in temporary accommodation in London, despite falling for five years, is more than 10 times higher than the English average. London now accounts for 75% of all households in temporary accommodation in England, most of which are housed in private rented accommodation.

The number of people found sleeping rough in London has risen in each of the last three years and in 2010 stood at 3,800, of which 2,300 were in contact with services for the first time. Around 1,000 rough sleepers are from Central and East European countries.

The number of households living in overcrowded accommodation has risen by 60,000 in the last decade and now stands at 220,000. Most of this increase has been in the private rented sector where overcrowding has increased by 100% over the last decade.

Of the 9 boroughs with the lowest average house prices in 2008, 7 have seen falls of at least 5% since. House prices in the most expensive areas have kept rising.

Newham and Barking & Dagenham had the highest levels of mortgage repossessions among London boroughs. Enfield, Haringey, Bexley and Brent have the highest rate of landlord evictions.

Added to these existing problems, 104,000 households in London will be affected by changes to the housing benefit system starting in 2011, which will mean their levels of benefit will no longer be sufficient to cover their rent.

Those who stand to have the biggest shortfall in their weekly rent are households in the Inner West of London and larger households throughout the capital. The average shortfall these households will face will be in excess of £20 per week. Larger families in the Inner West, requiring more than three bedrooms, will face a shortfall of over £100 a week on average.

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