Tag Result: housing benefit

Landlords say lending criteria obstacle to benefit claimant rentals – RLA survey
Some 36 per cent of landlords have said the conditions imposed by lenders on their buy-to-...

Platform on course to end restrictions for tenants on benefits and cuts rates
Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of The Co-operative Bank, has cut its rates on s...

Petition calling on Rightmove to end ‘no tenants on benefits’ ads hits 36k signatures
An online petition to stop Rightmove advertising properties owned by landlords and letting...

Government calls for end to ‘No DSS’ housing adverts
The housing minister has called for an end to letting adverts which potentially discrimina...

Budget 2018: BTL lender concerns over Universal Credit rollout
The buy-to-let (BTL) industry has welcomed yesterday’s quieter Budget, noting that an ab...

Lenders must axe unfair restrictions for tenants on benefits – Heron
The UK’s Private Rented Sector (PRS) has come a long way over the last 25 years.

MFB’s Steve Olejnik on robotics and legislation to stop lenders barring benefit tenants
Mortgages for Business managing director Steve Olejnik has pledged to push lenders to cont...

Lenders blamed as letting agents accused of discriminating against housing benefit tenants
Letting agents have accused buy-to-let mortgage lenders of forcing landlords and their rep...

‘Landlords are willing to let, but lenders prevent them’ – Star Letter 20/10/2017
Each week Mortgage Solutions and its sister title Specialist Lending Solutions select the ...

Universal Credit sends rent arrears soaring – reports
An exclusive report in The Observer on the weekend revealed the government’s flagship we...