Artist Steve Hogg, who is on disability allowance, pays £700 a month rent for his bed in Hove.

He said he and other tenants face eviction because the landlord is selling.

He said finding a new place to rent was “tricky”.

Mr Hogg said: “Brighton is ridiculously expensive.

“It’s soul-destroying to look for another place. The costs are out of this world.”

One man, who moved to Brighton after living with family, told the BBC: “Brighton is expensive to rent. And you don’t really get that extra pay that you would in London to compensate.”