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An open letter to the mainstream media
14/03/2013 
newsatlandlordreferencingWith the controversy around Universal Credit becoming almost explosive and as rent arrears mount up & the housing benefit monies are spent on other things (drink, drugs, pay day loans, etc – which are extremely detrimental to ALL of our communities) Landlord Referencing Services are now seeing a massive influx of landlords AND letting agents [...]
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4 CommentsWelsh Universal Credit trials make good tenants turn bad!
Tenants in South Wales taking part in a trial of the UK government’s benefits reforms have seen rent arrears rise seven-fold to £140,000 in seven months. Landlords in the pilot area of Torfaen are now warning evictions could increase if the trend continues, once Universal Credit goes live this October. The first group of Torfaen [...]
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Nationwide have halted new lending to landlords who have tenants receiving housing benefit. The Mortgage Works, currently with a buy-to-let market share of around 20%, was previously the biggest lender offering such mortgages to landlords with tenants on housing benefits. Experts have warned that this could leave many people struggling to find a place to [...]
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The Local support services framework for the upcoming welfare reform states that it will be up to the Department for Work and Pensions to make exceptions to normal payment rules; e.g. paying the housing element of Universal Credit of landlords. In most cases Universal Credit will be paid to the claimant, on a monthly basis. [...]
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During a stormy debate at prime minister’s questions yesterday, David Cameron angrily rejected the term ‘bedroom tax’ as he faced repeated questions about the controversial policy. Ed Miliband criticised the policy which will see working age social housing tenants having their Housing Benefit cut if they are deemed to be under-occupying their property – by [...]
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As we near the end of the first month of 2013 Landlord Referencing Services is extremely happy to announce that we have had the busiest month we’ve ever experienced. Just over the January period we have welcomed 340 new landlord and letting agent members, who have uploaded nearly 1,500 new tenants (good and bad) onto [...]
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A survey of housing associations has found that, on average, they expect their rent arrears to increase by 51% as a direct result of the government’s impending welfare reforms. The survey of 232 housing associations, carried out by Ipsos Mori for the National Housing Federation, has also revealed that if this is extrapolated across the [...]
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Landlords testing direct payment of housing benefit to tenants via Universal Credit failed to collect 8% of rent on average in the first four months of the six pilot projects. The year-long projects are testing direct payment of housing benefit ahead of the roll out of Universal Credit next October. Universal Credit, which combines a [...]
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Although there was no mention of the under 25s benefits cut plans in the Autumn Statement last week, the work and pensions secretary has said discussions are ‘still going on’. Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, Iain Duncan Smith was asked for an assurance that the government has no plans to remove housing benefit [...]
Housing benefit bill set to soar
According to an independent body which monitors the UK’s finances; Housing Benefit bills are predicted to sky rocket, despite government attempts to cut benefit payments. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has now radically revised its forecasts for public sector borrowing over the next five years, as a weaker outlook for the economy reduces tax [...]
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