Tag: housing benefit changes
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...