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Divorced couples forced to live together in UK!
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Posted by: westo,
on 7/19/2010,
in category "Relaxation"
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Abstract: More than a quarter of cohabiting couples that break up are forced to continue living together because of the effects of the recession...
More than a quarter of cohabiting couples that break up are forced to continue living together because of the effects of the recession, research has found. Two-thirds of people who continue to share a property with a former partner said they cannot afford to move, while one in forty couples are unable to sell their homes because of negative equity, according to the survey by Easyroommate.co.uk .
Jonathan Moore, of the house and flat-share website, said: “The recession is preventing even more couples from making a clean break when they split up. Unfortunately, those same financial stresses that make the break-up process so difficult are often a key reason for the break up. And although people are aware of the negative equity trap that many divorcing couples face- few realise the heartache this is causing cohabiting couples who have split up.”
Research by Shelter, the housing charity, also indicates that a quarter of Britons is sharing with an ex-partner or knows someone who is, because they cannot afford to live alone.
The charity said that the high cost of housing and the shortage of affordable homes was forcing an increasing number of couples to share a property when they might not under different circumstances, putting strain on otherwise happy relationships.
Kay Boycott, director of policy and campaigns at Shelter said: “Unfortunately relationships do break down which is painful enough, but being forced to carry on living with an ex-partner, even for a short time, must add real pressure to the situation.”
“The fact that one in four of us either have experienced or know someone that has experienced this situation, means this may be more widespread a problem than we realised.”
In the survey of almost 5,500 people in the UK one in six respondents said that worries about housing costs had led to arguments with partners or other members of their family.
Ms Boycott added: “As a nation we have accepted the way housing costs have risen hugely over the last few years, but are we ready to accept the human cost this brings? “We can no longer ignore the massive repercussions our housing crisis is having on individual lives.”
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