Housing charity says it has prevented almost 1,000 households from becoming homeless since April

Of the new households that contacted Threshold since April, 1,595 were at risk of homelessness, and the charity helped the occupants of 951 households to stay in their home or find a new home, where possible.

The housing charity Threshold says it has prevented almost 1,000 households from becoming homeless since April alone.

And it says tenancy termination remains the biggest issue facing renters, accounting for just over a third of all the queries it has dealt with in the second quarter of this year.