An on-line portal passing benefit related rent payments
direct to PRS landlords won’t be live until Summer at the earliest. Richard
d’Souza, Head of the DWP Universal Credit Engagement Division, told the London
Assembly Housing Committee that the system was being built to go on line by
Summer. Testimony to the committee reinforced the links between welfare reform,
rent arrears and rocketing eviction rates. Landlords have accumulated up to
£15,000 of arrears as a result of reform – with arrears a key factor in driving
landlords away from buy-to-let. Read more on 24housing.
Bed bugs and cockroaches: the legal battle over conditions in a Melbourne
community housing block
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Jack Kramme escaped homelessness when he moved into the new building near
Melbourne’s CBD. Then he noticed the pests
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