Housing Benefit Freeze Archives

Plea for government to help ease growing landlord costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2026, 3 weeks ago | 5

The government is being urged to intervene and help landlords as buy to let borrowing costs rise, adding fresh pressure...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd December 2025, 4 months ago | 18

Shelter claims “unaffordable private rents and the freeze on housing benefit” are pushing more people into temporary accommodation. According to...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th December 2025, 5 months ago | 1

Nearly 1,000 households a day turned to councils for homelessness assistance in England last year, new figures reveal. The Ministry...

Author: Readers Question

29th November 2024, 1 year ago | 4

In 2007, the housing benefit rate for a three-bed home in Cleveleys, Lancashire was £520pm, today it is £623.30 or...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th October 2023, 3 years ago | 10

Councils have spent £1.7 billion on temporary accommodation in just one year, according to new government figures. The latest figures...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Families on low incomes are grappling with a monthly deficit of £200 due to a stagnant housing benefit that doesn’t...