Citizens Advice is offering support to tenants facing house eviction in light of the pandemic
Debt specialists are on hand to get to grips with that worst case scenario
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Members of the Citizens Advice Cardiff & Vale team are helping people confronted by rent arrears issues
Citizens Advice Cymru is bracing itself for a rise in cases of rent arrears when the eviction amnesty ends in March.
The end of the freeze, which the UK Government brought in because of the effects of the pandemic, is expected to see a rise in private rented sector (PRS) clients coming forward for help.
Sign up to the South Wales Argus daily coronavirus update email newsletter by registeringhere. The all-Wales rolling weekly case rate for the week to January 3 was 464.9 per 100,000 population, down after a couple of days of increases. Of Wales s 22 council areas, Wrexham (904.7 per 100,000) now has the highest rolling weekly case rate - the new, more infectious coronavirus strain appears to be more prevalent in north Wales - overtaking Bridgend (894.3). Newport, with 585.7 per 100,000, has the highest case rate in Gwent and the fifth highest in Wales. Torfaen (538.5) has the sixth highest rate in Wales; Blaenau Gwent (523.9) has the eighth highest rate in Wales; Caerphilly (483.2) has the 11th highest rate in Wales; Monmouthshire (315) has the seventh lowest rate in Wales.
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