Tag: LHA

Frozen LHA rates leave renters unable to afford PRS homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th July 2026, 3 days ago | 3

Less than 2% of private rented homes are affordable to people on housing benefit, as charities call on the government...

NRLA demands reform as just 5% of PRS properties are affordable for housing benefit claimants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th March 2025, 1 year ago | 1

Only 5% of private rented properties are affordable to benefit claimants, according to new research. Data from the National Institute...

Rent caps and housing tribunals demanded to protect tenants on LHA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th February 2025, 1 year ago | 3

Up to one million children in the PRS could face poverty by 2026 because of a rent shortfall due to...

Landlords selling up is fuelling the UK’s housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th January 2025, 1 year ago | 11

A Parliamentary report has underlined the critical connection between inadequate Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates and the mounting risk of...

Homelessness bill is pushing London’s councils ‘to the brink’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2025, 1 year ago | 5

London Councils is warning that rocketing homelessness in the capital is ‘pushing boroughs to the brink’, with unsustainable pressure on...

Just 5% of London’s rental homes are affordable to low-income households

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th October 2024, 2 years ago | 3

There has been an alarming decline in affordable homes to rent in London, with only 5% of properties being accessible...

The Importance of Material Information When Advertising a Property to Let

Author: Julie Ford

1st July 2024, 2 years ago | 0

As a landlord, ensuring your property is attractive to potential tenants is vital to ensure you are not left with...

Universal Credit claimants face housing affordability crisis despite benefit increase

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2024, 2 years ago | 4

Universal Credit claimants face a severe shortage of affordable rental properties, with a recent rise in housing benefit failing to...

Housing benefit rates increase but still lag behind private rent rises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th February 2024, 2 years ago | 10

While the Government has confirmed new rates for Local Housing Allowance (LHA), the amounts are lagging behind rent rises, a...

The consequence of Section 24 – bankrupt councils and countless homeless

Author: Landlord Crusader

26th January 2024, 2 years ago | 15

News this week that councils around the country are flagging up the prospect of going bankrupt because of the ever-growing...

What do landlords think of the new LHA rates for 2024 – 2025?

Author: Readers Question

12th January 2024, 2 years ago | 10

Hello, Please read this about the local housing allowance rates for 2024 to 2025: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-housing-allowance-indicative-rates-for-2024-to-2025/indicative-local-housing-allowance-rates-for-2024-to-2025 What will this mean for...

Will the abolition of Section 21 solve the housing crisis?

Author: Landlord Crusader

5th January 2024, 3 years ago | 13

One of the big issues for the ‘housing crisis’ is that so many groups, commentators and tenants welcome the abolition...

Call to unfreeze LHA immediately to reduce homelessness in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th December 2023, 3 years ago | 5

A homeless charity is urging the Government to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates immediately in a bid to...

Renters face affordability crisis despite LHA boost

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Low-income renters in England will struggle to afford their homes even after the government’s recent benefit boost, a campaign group...

Landlords with social tenants are facing a £1,700-a-year shortfall on new lets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2023, 3 years ago | 14

Landlords who rent to social tenants will face a £1,700 annual shortfall on new lets despite the Chancellor’s attempt to...

Londoners face homelessness crisis due to housing benefit freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2023, 3 years ago | 9

Up to 60,000 Londoners who rent privately are at risk of becoming homeless in the next six years unless the...

NRLA urges Government to end LHA freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2023, 3 years ago | 7

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has called on the Government to lift the freeze on housing benefit rates, which...

Housing Benefit freeze sees tenants falling ‘£200 short’ every month

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...

LHA is ‘not enough’ to pay rocketing rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th June 2023, 3 years ago | 9

Low-income renters in England who rely on benefits are finding it increasingly difficult to secure housing due to skyrocketing private...

NRLA says Government is clueless over housing benefit freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th April 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has hit out after the government revealed it has not tried to calculate how...