In light of the recent news regarding the landlord in
Kent issuing eviction notices to his tenants on welfare, the NLA has released
the following statement. “Our current
research shows we’re seeing more and more landlords moving away from renting to
tenants claiming benefits. It was widely
assumed that rent rises were fuelled by housing benefit, and that if benefit
rates were reduced, rents would fall back to meet them. That’s been shown to be a completely false
assumption. There are many wider factors
affecting rent levels, principally the availability of properties and the
number of people looking to rent. As the Welfare Reform agenda has progressed
over the past three years, benefit levels haven’t kept up with rents, meaning
it’s a greater risk for landlords renting to tenants who rely on benefits,
which is why they are looking more and more to working tenants who don’t tend
to fall into arrears that easily. “ Read the full statement on the NLA website.
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