Property News · January 21, 2014

More landlords turn away housing benefit claimants


A survey finds that of the landlords who currently let to people on benefits, more than half say they won’t after the roll-out of universal creditChanges to welfare payments and concerns about the new universal credit system mean that four in five landlords are unwilling to let properties to tenants who receive housing benefits, a survey has found.Recently it emerged that one of the UK’s best-known landlords, Fergus Wilson, had served eviction notices on tenants claiming benefits, and other big property investors suggested they might follow suit. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
Read more…More landlords turn away housing benefit claimants

You may also like...