This Cannot Be Right

[emmie]

people who are on benefits being refused housing, this was according to the BBC News. see if i can find the story for a better overview.

[mikey4444]

It may not be right Emmie but its happening all the time with private landlords.

Build more Council Houses is the answer !

[emmie]

i can;t find a link, but the upshot is that thousands are being refused housing in case they can't meet the rents, even if they are in work. As one chap said it reminded him of the bad old days, when signs said no blacks, dogs or Irish.

[emmie]

sadly it doesn't just apply to private landlords...

[mikey4444]

Emmie....here's the link :::::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39102860

[emmie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39102860

[emmie]

mikey thanks.

[cassa333]

Being on benefits or housing benefit is not a protected characteristic so private LL can decide they don't want to rent to them.

I have had tenants on benefits and working tenants and been shafted by both.

BUT if I were to have another on housing benefit I would insist the rent be paid directly to me from the council. Saves any hassle with the bulk of the rent.

[emmie]

cassa, this isn't only those on only benefits. seems rather harsh to exclude DSS people from housing, not sure if this primarily in the capital

[gulliver1]

Would you rent a house to someone who was not working and claiming benefits
Emmie , knowing that after a few months they stop paying rent to you , and it will cost you a lot of money to get them evicted ,as well of months of no rent, and also the cost of refurbishing after they have gone ,and left your property is *** state . Been there got the T shirt.

[ToraToraTora]

well there's a turn up gulliver you normally support WSS!

[EDDIE51]

It's not just people who are out of work that get housing benefit.
85% of housing benefit is paid to people who are in full time work but earn a level of wage that still qualifies them for housing benefit.
The problem was discussed on the program. Housing benefit rates are falling well behind rents. Even a single room in a shared house in London rents for over £200 a week, housing benefit pays only £60 or so of that.

[New Judge]

“…well there's a turn up gulliver you normally support WSS!”

Didn’t you notice why this is “different”, 3Ts?:

“Been there got the T shirt.”

It’s quite all right when others are being shafted by WSS. But when it comes to them picking one’s own pocket - that's different !!!

[Peter Pedant]

// UT if I were to have another on housing benefit I would insist the rent be paid directly to me from the council.//

very very difficult

LHA is paid direct to the tenant and then passed onto the Landlord to teach the tenant budget skills

wonderful idea

about 50% LHA tenants get kicked out for rent arrears

[mikey4444]

Wacker....that is a bonkers idea !

[Old_Geezer]

Have sympathy for both genuine decent folk on benefits not being able to find accommodation and landlords not wanting to risk stress and expense. Landlords are not a charity. If legislation was passed to force them to take any tenant how many would get out of the business leaving a glut of difficult to sell homes on the market and a massive deficit of homes for rent ? It's a pity authorities like to bribe council tenant voters with 'blatant privilege to buy cheaply at taxpayers expense' legislation, which loses the community much of the needed publicly owned housing stock which used to exist especially to solve the issue.

[youngmafbog]

We got caught a couple of times allowing WSS in. Never again.

The money should never be given to them and that should apply to private and council stock it should go direct to the Landlord.

[emmie]

wacker sorry just don;t agree.

[Samjenko]

Yes. That seemed a strange piece of business to me.(insisting that HB was paid directly to the tenants) One could be forgiven for thinking they wanted to see people evicted.
Who wouldn't be tempted to 'dip into it'.

[wolf63]

What/who is WSS ?