The big housing story of the moment is the expansion of
the right to buy, but the imminent cut in the benefit cap from £26,000 to
£23,000 could have a far more devastating impact upon social landlords and
tenants. In London, social landlords who have embraced the affordable rent
programme – which can see social tenants charged far higher rents – could be
very badly hit by an increase in arrears once tenants receiving housing benefit
see their support cut by £3,000 a year. The overall benefit cap is popular
among the wider public, but most people don’t realise that it only applies to
those who, often through no fault of their own, are paying a high rent. Read
more on the Guardian website.
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