Posts Tagged ‘housing benefit’
Benefit Cuts Making Letting Unaffordable for Landlords
Posted on 24/04/2012
A survey* by the National Landlords Association (NLA) has found more than half of landlords can no longer afford to rent to housing benefit tenants because of cuts to the allowance. The survey showed 53% of landlords believe the local housing allowance (LHA) cuts have made it unaffordable to rent to those on benefits. Nearly …
Landlords call for tenant choice on rental payments
Posted on 16/09/2011
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has called for the Government to give tenants choice in how housing benefits are paid to private landlords. Yesterday, Lord Freud confirmed that the new Universal Credit system would allow housing benefit to be paid direct to the tenant, but would revert to the housing provider should a tenant begin …
LANDLORDS FORCED OUT OF HOUSING BENEFIT MARKET
Posted on 20/06/2011
A survey by the National Landlords Association (NLA) has found more than half of private residential landlords are planning to reduce the number of properties they let to tenants on housing benefits. This response from landlords comes on the eve of the Welfare Reform Bill’s report stage in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 …
HOUSING BENEFIT CUTS COULD ADD TO RENT ARREARS
Posted on 03/06/2011
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 has found 52 per cent of landlords have reported rent arrears in the past 12 months. The survey of nearly 600 landlords found the …
