Tag: Local Housing Allowance

MP claims landlords are pocketing taxpayer money while neglecting properties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th June 2025, 1 year ago | 19

An MP has accused landlords of keeping taxpayers’ money while failing to meet basic property standards. In a Work and...

Generation Rent calls for rent freeze amid growing homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th May 2025, 1 year ago | 19

Generation Rent has issued an urgent call for the UK government to cap rising rents, pointing to a deepening housing...

London councils’ landlord Capital Letters faces closure amid market challenges

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2025, 1 year ago | 4

Capital Letters, an organisation established by several London councils to tackle the growing homelessness issue and cut costs on temporary...

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...

Universal Credit overhaul will affect rent payments from April

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th March 2025, 1 year ago | 23

Landlords are being warned that there are big alterations to Universal Credit coming which will transform how rent payments are...

Landlords selling up is fuelling the UK’s housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th January 2025, 2 years 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, 2 years ago | 5

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

Generation Rent criticises the lack of rent caps in the Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2025, 2 years ago | 3

Generation Rent says it is disappointed by the lack of measures to introduce rent caps as part of the Renters’...

Propertymark urges Welsh government to raise LHA rates to address housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th November 2024, 2 years ago | 1

An industry body is urging the Welsh government to raise Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates. Propertymark is calling on the...

Local Housing Allowance Freeze: Rising Rents and Decreased Affordability Deepen the Housing Crisis

Author: Julie Ford

4th November 2024, 2 years ago | 11

In the 2023 Autumn Statement, the government announced an end to a four-year freeze in local housing allowance rates (LHA)...

NRLA blasts housing benefit freeze warning it will harm tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st October 2024, 2 years ago | 8

The NRLA has slammed the Labour government’s decision to freeze housing benefit rates, warning it will “hurt vulnerable renters.” Since...

Council apologises to tenants after receiving lowest rating from housing regulator

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2024, 2 years ago | 8

A London council has issued an apology to its tenants after receiving the lowest possible rating from the Regulator of...

London councils face £4 million cost for temporary accommodation amid homelessness crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2024, 2 years ago | 0

London councils are spending £4 million EVERY DAY on housing people in temporary accommodation. A report by the London Councils...

Generation Rent says ‘homes, not landlords’ is the key to rent affordability

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st August 2024, 2 years ago | 25

Metropolitan areas in England that significantly increased their housing stock since 2015 are more likely to have experienced improved rent...

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...

NRLA blasts politicians for ignoring housing benefit crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st July 2024, 2 years ago | 3

The NRLA has slammed political parties’ failure to address housing benefit rates. More than 1.5 million households rely on Local...

Room sizes and LHA rates?

Author: Readers Question

23rd April 2024, 2 years ago | 2

Hi, I have a flat with 2 bedrooms but the lounge is huge.  Lounge is irregular shaped 16.38 sqm, Bed...

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...

NRLA and Generation Rent welcome call to uprate LHA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2024, 2 years ago | 1

MPs on the Work and Pensions Select Committee say that Local Housing Allowance should be uprated every year by the...

NRLA gets think tank’s backing for direct payments to landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2024, 3 years ago | 7

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has echoed calls made by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) over direct...

LHA increase – BAP and S13 confusion?

Author: Readers Question

1st February 2024, 3 years ago | 8

Hello, I am trying to prepare in advance of 1st April when the new LHA rate is applied. According to...