People with enough money to rent affordable housing are being told their incomes are too low.
By Nalini Sivathasan and James StewartRenters with incomes of more than £30,000 are being excluded from so-called affordable housing schemes, even though they can afford to pay the rent.
Looking through adverts of affordable housing to rent in London, the BBC found that 28 out of 40 listings seen did not state a minimum income requirement. They added that it was "completely unacceptable" that providers were "misleading tenants with inaccurate advertising". He says he feels stuck in a paradox. He doesn't qualify for social rent - council housing - but at the same time doesn't earn enough to be eligible for affordable rental schemes.When he asked the housing association for more feedback he discovered that renting the property was always going to be a non-starter because of the savings he already had.
Sam says he has now given up on trying to rent through any affordable housing scheme - and also his dream of becoming a homeowner.Sam's story was put to L&Q. The company's director of strategic sales, John Lumley, told us: