People receiving housing benefit can no longer be barred
from renting properties advertised on one of the UK's largest listing sites.
Zoopla says it will prohibit landlords posting "No DSS" ads, a commonly-used
acronym of the now defunct Department of Social Security. The National Housing
Federation and Shelter found that one in 10 agents in England refused to let to
DSS tenants. The BBC found the policy was enforced even if tenants could afford
the rent. Approximately 889,000 people in England receive housing benefit to
help pay their rent. Read more on the BBC website.
BMXs, boomboxes and black eyes: growing up on Peckham housing estates in
the 80s – in pictures
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As a teenager, Russell Newell photographed the Peckham estates where he
lived, and his images – unseen for 40 years – document his friends, his
community...
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