my friend lives in a 2 bedroom flat with his g/f , her son recently moved out, and now the housing association wanted nearly £13 a week more, but like you've said there are hardly any 1 bed flats for them to go to
in sunny Salford the part near me, they have 11 houses up for rent this week, over 50,000 people live in this area.
https://www.salfordhomesearch.co.uk/...h.aspx?area=20