Tag: Housing benefit news
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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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Council wants to invest taxpayer cash in buy to let
Councillors want to dabble in property investment by spending millions on purchasing ‘substandard’ buy to let homes.
The plan is...