Property News · November 8, 2018

One in 10 rental homes advertised as excluding benefits claimants


Shelter says landlords insisting ‘no DSS’ causes misery and is likely to be unlawfulAt least one in 10 rental properties in England could be being unlawfully advertised by explicitly discriminating against people on housing benefit, housing charities have said.Analysis of around 86,000 letting agents’ adverts on the property website Zoopla by the homeless charity Shelter and the National Housing Federation (a trade association for social housing providers) in England found 8,710 posts that ruled out tenants on housing benefit. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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