Birmingham-based think-tank the Human City Institute has called upon the Chancellor to lighten the burden of austerity on social tenants by foregoing further welfare budget cuts when he presents his Autumn Statement on 5th December. New research by HCI shows how the combined effects of austerity and welfare reform are already hitting social tenants hard. HCI’s ‘All in it Together?’ report, supported by social housing providers Aster, Matrix, Trent & Dove and Trident, reveals growi...