Councils are paying off thousands of pounds of private rent debts to keep tenants off social housing waiting lists. Local authorities are also asking landlords to call them before they issue an ...

As rents and other housing costs surge and Americans' erratic paychecks can't keep up, some companies let tenants split the rent on credit.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rent can eat up an entire paycheck at the start of the month, so a growing number of renters are turning to a financial product that promises relief by letting them split the bill — ...