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The impact of the housing crisis

Many teachers are put under huge strain because of the high cost and low availability of decent accommodation. Julian Stanley explains

Many of us are aware that the UK is in the grip of a housing crisis which is already affecting many thousands of working individuals and families. What is perhaps lesser known is the impact it is having on many teachers.

For those in or about to take up their first posts in secondary schools, particularly in major cities and popular areas where pressure on housing is high and affordability low, the combined shortage and expense means growing numbers of education professionals, particularly younger teachers and NQTs, cannot find somewhere they can afford to rent and are being forced out of the market.

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