Housing: RSLs fear plans to encourage tenant responsibility
A recent survey of chief executives of North West-based social housing providers has revealed the extent of concern at Government plans to pay housing benefit directly to tenants. In the article by...
View ArticleHousing: Welfare minister admits ‘people may have to move’
Welfare minister Lord Freud has admitted that people “may have to move” as a result of housing benefit changes. 24dash.com reported that the admission comes as the Department for Work and Pensions...
View ArticleHousing: NLA – Housing benefit cuts could add to rent arrears
More than half of landlords have experienced late rent payments in the past year, with housing benefit cuts expected to put further pressure on tenants. Research by the National Landlords Association...
View ArticleHousing: Landlord fined £600 for illegal eviction & harassment
A Sheffield landlord has been fined £600 for harassing his tenant and changing the locks. The tenant was renting premises at 99 Popple Street, Sheffield from landlord Mr Saleem Ali. A dispute arose...
View ArticleHousing: Landlord fined £250 for harassment by text message
A Sheffield landlord has been fined £250 for harassing his tenant by sending text messages demanding rent. Steven Loxley of Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, sent a series of text messages to his tenant...
View ArticleHousing: Private landlords reluctant to let to LHA tenants
The latest findings from BDRC Continental’s Landlords Panel research reveals that 15% of private landlords say they will stop offering Local Housing Allowance (LHA) tenancies in response to the...
View ArticleHousing: NLA wants tenants to have choice on LHA payments
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has called for the Government to give tenants choice in how housing benefits are paid to private landlords.
View ArticleHousing: NLA survey reveals Housing Benefit cap to affect 3/4 of Landlords
A survey conducted by the National Landlords Association (NLA) in October 2011, has found that Government caps on housing benefit payments could force over three quarters of landlords out of the Local...
View ArticleHousing: 59% of landlords refuse to let to benefit tenants
Almost nine out of 10 (87%) landlords have had problems with housing benefit tenants not paying the rent on time, with one in 10 (11%) admitting they have had tenants who stopped paying rent...
View ArticleHousing: Portfolio landlords feeling the pinch
Rents may have risen in the private sector over the last year, but professional landlords are feeling the pinch. The latest findings from the BDRC Continental quarterly Landlords Panel research reveals...
View ArticleHousing: RSLs fear plans to encourage tenant responsibility
A recent survey of chief executives of North West-based social housing providers has revealed the extent of concern at Government plans to pay housing benefit directly to tenants. In the article by...
View ArticleHousing: Welfare minister admits ‘people may have to move’
Welfare minister Lord Freud has admitted that people “may have to move” as a result of housing benefit changes. 24dash.com reported that the admission comes as the Department for Work and Pensions...
View ArticleHousing: NLA – Housing benefit cuts could add to rent arrears
More than half of landlords have experienced late rent payments in the past year, with housing benefit cuts expected to put further pressure on tenants. Research by the National Landlords Association...
View ArticleHousing: Landlord fined £600 for illegal eviction & harassment
A Sheffield landlord has been fined £600 for harassing his tenant and changing the locks. The tenant was renting premises at 99 Popple Street, Sheffield from landlord Mr Saleem Ali. A dispute arose...
View ArticleHousing: Landlord fined £250 for harassment by text message
A Sheffield landlord has been fined £250 for harassing his tenant by sending text messages demanding rent. Steven Loxley of Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, sent a series of text messages to his tenant...
View ArticleHousing: Private landlords reluctant to let to LHA tenants
The latest findings from BDRC Continental’s Landlords Panel research reveals that 15% of private landlords say they will stop offering Local Housing Allowance (LHA) tenancies in response to the...
View ArticleHousing: NLA wants tenants to have choice on LHA payments
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has called for the Government to give tenants choice in how housing benefits are paid to private landlords.
View ArticleHousing: NLA survey reveals Housing Benefit cap to affect 3/4 of Landlords
A survey conducted by the National Landlords Association (NLA) in October 2011, has found that Government caps on housing benefit payments could force over three quarters of landlords out of the Local...
View ArticleHousing: 59% of landlords refuse to let to benefit tenants
Almost nine out of 10 (87%) landlords have had problems with housing benefit tenants not paying the rent on time, with one in 10 (11%) admitting they have had tenants who stopped paying rent...
View ArticleHousing: Portfolio landlords feeling the pinch
Rents may have risen in the private sector over the last year, but professional landlords are feeling the pinch. The latest findings from the BDRC Continental quarterly Landlords Panel research reveals...
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