Tag: Housing benefit
How can housing associations ensure rent payments amid DW...
Hi, I work for a housing association and last year managed to attach a managed payment to landlord (MPTL) for tenants self rent. Their...
Room sizes and LHA rates?
Hi, I have a flat with 2 bedrooms but the lounge is huge. Lounge is irregular shaped 16.38 sqm, Bed 1 is 16.01 sqm, Bed 2 10.34 sqm...
Universal Credit claimants face housing affordability cri...
Universal Credit claimants face a severe shortage of affordable rental properties, with a recent rise in housing benefit failing to...
LHA increase – BAP and S13 confusion?
Hello, I am trying to prepare in advance of 1st April when the new LHA rate is applied. According to S13, a rent increase has to happen...
NRLA urges Government to end LHA freeze
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has called on the Government to lift the freeze on housing benefit rates, which...
Sadiq and Gen Rent demand putting the boot into private l...
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Generation Rent have smeared private landlords in a demand for an immediate Government crackdown...
Readers advice for landlords letting to single tenants on...
Just wanted to post a note on here for those landlords who let properties to single people claiming Housing Benefit.
For people age...