Tag: housing benefit changes
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Housing benefit rules breach disabled rights, says court
The government’s housing benefits policy is in disarray as judges have ruled a crucial test to confirm how big a house a tenant qualifies...
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Benefit Cuts Price Poor Families Out of Buy to Let
Rents of around a third of private rented homes in Britain are beyond the financial reach of the poorest families as government welfare...
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Judge Kicks Out Housing Benefit Legal Challenge
Judges have deemed new government rules to cap housing benefit and rental home sizes do not discriminate against poor families.
The...
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Call for U-turn on Plan to Pay Rents to Tenants
Major housing organisations in the private and social rental sectors have joined forces to fight the government proposals to pay housing...
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Landlords can have say over housing benefit changes
Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has launched a short consultation period asking for views on planned change from landlords, organisations...