There has been an increase in the number of renters living in sub-standard accommodation.
Figures from Threshold, the national housing charity show a 4.5% increase in queries relating to sub-standard accommodation in the third quarter of the year compared to the same period last year.
7% of all calls to the organisation concerned living conditions.
Threshold also supported more than 900 households from entering homelessness
Its CEO John-Mark McCafferty says substandard homes have both a physical and mental impact on tenants:
