Tag: Local Housing Allowance

Universal Credit claimants face housing affordability crisis despite benefit increase

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2024, 3 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, 3 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...

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...

Councils spend £1.74 billion on temporary accommodation for the homeless

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2023, 3 years ago | 5

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that homelessness has reached record levels, with 104,000 households living in temporary accommodation...

Capping rents will cause landlords to leave PRS warns industry body

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

An industry body warns that capping rents will only deepen the current rental crisis. The National Association of Property Buyers...

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...

Call for LHA to track local rents as landlords struggle with ‘unprecedented financial challenges’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd July 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Propertymark has called on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to reconsider its current Local Housing Allowance (LHA) scheme...

Propertymark calls for an end to the freeze on local housing allowance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th April 2023, 4 years ago | 17

Propertymark, the body for letting agents, says ‘enough is enough’ and is calling for an end to the freeze on...

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Readers advice for landlords letting to single tenants on Housing Benefit

Author: Robert Mellors

6th January 2014, 13 years ago | 7

Just wanted to post a note on here for those landlords who let properties to single people claiming Housing Benefit....

Rise in working families claiming benefits for housing

Author: Mark Alexander

17th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

As early as Christmas working households claiming support for private sector rent could outnumber those in which nobody works, says...

Why Aren’t We More Worried About Withdrawal of Benefits?

Author: Readers Question

11th October 2013, 13 years ago | 14

I am interested that I can’t see any response to, or comment about, George Osborne’s announcement last week to withdraw...

Bedroom Tax affecting private landlords?!!!

Author: Readers Question

14th August 2013, 13 years ago | 35

As everyone knows bedroom tax is not  tax, but the above is a handy way to refer to it.  Earlier...

Private Rented Sector Review – Conclusions and recommendations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The Private Rented Sector Review conclusions and recommendations published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: Simplifying regulation 1.  We recommend...

Private Rented Sector Review – Summary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 2

The Private Rented Sector Review summary published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: The private rented sector has seen...

Landlord News on the BBC One Show at 7pm Tonight

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2013, 14 years ago | 9

LANDLORD NEWS – private landlord speaks out on housing benefit nightmare tonight on BBC’s The One Show  A landlord from...

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NLA concerned by cap on Local Housing Allowance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2013, 14 years ago | 2

Yesterday the House of Commons gave a second reading to the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill which caps future increases to...

LHA Tenants and Advice to Landlords from John Paul @TheLHAExpert

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th December 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Both John Paul and the The Castledene Group have earned an enviable reputation of being leading experts in the management...

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Squatters Rights – what’s not changed

Author: Mark Alexander

1st September 2012, 14 years ago | 27

In this blog I intend to dispel a few urban myths which appear to be forming, both amongst landlords and squatters themselves...

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Newham council wants to traffic tenants out of London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th April 2012, 15 years ago | 11

Housing minister Grant Shapps has accused Newham Council, East London, of ‘playing politics with peoples’ lives’ over a radical plan...