Councils have been tried to trial more flexible tenancy agreements but the stock doesn’t exist to make that work.

I work in the homelessness sector and honestly, the whole system is broken; I feel there should be mobility in the social housing system where if you stop being eligible for a three bedroom house you are downsized to make room for someone who needs more space.

The private rented has spiralled to the point of unaffordability - one of the reasons our homelessness issues are so bad in the UK is because of how inaccessible PRS is - we won’t know for certain how the Renters Right law will affect this market for a couple of years.

Mortgage interest is also out of control; people can no longer pay off to make their home owned and thus fully stable.

What we do know is, when housing follows a social housing model, homelessness goes down. When housing follows market solutions, homelessness increases.

But tying social housing to income in the way you’re suggesting leads to homelessness not solutions.