Tag Result: housing benefit
Housing benefit pays over a third of rents in towns with poor-quality rental stock, JRF says
Housing benefit is paying for a third or more of rents in towns that have the highest prop...
BTL mortgage rate rises won’t have ‘immediate and direct’ impact on rents, Paragon CEO says
Increasing buy-to-let mortgage costs do not have as much of an “immediate and direct” ...
Only one in 20 private rental properties are covered by housing benefit – IFS
With local housing allowance (LHA) rates effectvely frozen and rents rocketing, a think ta...
‘Landlords have had enough’ – Star Letter 21/04/2023
Each week Mortgage Solutions and its sister title, Specialist Lending Solutions, pick the ...
Private landlords pocket £1.6bn in benefits from sub-standard homes
Private landlords in England are receiving £9bn a year in rent for properties which are n...
Government’s Section 21 replacement could be ‘easily exploited by bad landlords’, Committee says
Abolishing fixed-term tenancies and repealing Section 21 would “undoubtedly give tenants...
Mayor Sadiq Khan calls for rent freeze as homelessness in London rises
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has urged the government to immediately freeze private se...
One in seven private renters saw rents rise last month – Shelter
Some one in seven private renters in England said their rent went up in August, research h...
Top 10 most read mortgage broker stories this week – 10/06/2022
Prime minister Boris Johnson’s proposals around extending Right to Buy to housing associ...
Johnson launches mortgage market review and confirms Right to Buy extension and benefit changes
Extending Right to Buy to housing association tenants and changing rules to allow certain ...