Rosie is a Senior Policy Adviser at JRF, where she leads our housing and land work. She previously worked on consumer and housing policy at Citizens Advice. Before working in policy, Rosie worked in academic research, with her work focussing on feminist research methodologies and critical approaches to social science. She has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Essex.
Email: rosie.worsdale@jrf.org.uk
This first report from our Ending the Rent Squeeze programme shows combining rent control and tax reform is an impactful, viable way of bringing down rent costs.
In the past 2 years, rents in the UK have risen by an average of nearly 8%. Here we look at different dimensions of rent-affordability pressure faced by tenants in the private rented sector.