It’s been confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to announce plans to extend the Right To Buy to housing associations. Under...
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The government is being urged to fund a bailout to help social landlords avoid a £10bn bill to fix fire safety...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Three-quarters of people across the UK believe housing benefit should increase in line with rents to help combat homelessness, new research...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Zoopla will no longer allow letting agents and landlords to issue ‘blanket bans against tenants in receipt of housing-related benefits’ after...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The government plans to crackdown on BTL landlords and letting agents posting ‘no DSS’ adverts discriminating against tenants claiming housing benefit. Around...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Thousands of landlords and lettings agents across the country could be flouting equality laws by rejecting housing benefit claimants, according to...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The government remains committed to building more new homes, but their target of 300,000 a year is unlikely to be met. Sky-high...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Thousands of private landlords across the country understandably reject housing benefit claimants despite accusations that they are discriminating against those on...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The government’s decision to launch a £200m pilot scheme last week to extend Right to Buy to housing association tenants -...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News
When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Private landlords pocketed in the region of £9.3bn in housing benefit last year – double the amount they received a decade...
22 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Some 71% of the public agree that landlords who commit housing offences should face prison sentences. A YouGov poll, commissioned by the...