Barbara Kennedy is one of thousands of private renters in Northern Ireland who are dealing with climbing costs.
The auxiliary nurse from Belfast is living in private rental accommodation, but she cannot afford to keep paying the £675 monthly rent for her current property.
"I have to move out in the middle of January. I can't afford it. My pay has stopped and I'm living off my pension.Ms Kennedy said she had been on the social housing waiting list for seven years. "I don't think there's any help for people out there," said Ms Kennedy. "When I was trying to find somewhere to rent it was dreadful.Almost 44,000 householdsCatherine Feely, advice services manager at the Housing Rights charity, said this meant the private rental sector was increasingly relied upon by people on low incomes. But huge demand and low supply are fuelling price rises.
"There are less properties coming to the market - there's about half the stock compared to pre-Covid," he said.
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