MPs have demanded landlords and letting agents end the
practice of screening out people on benefits after hearing claims that “no DSS”
clauses have become the 2019 equivalent of “no blacks, no Irish, no dogs”
notices. During a hearing into the widespread refusal of landlords to rent
properties to those on benefits, the Commons work and pensions select committee
confronted the director of Your Move, a national online lettings agency, with
an advert it published in March for a home in Telford, Shropshire, that read:
“No DSS. Small dogs considered.” They also drew admissions from leading
lettings agencies Hunters and Your Rent that they still run “no DSS” adverts,
despite rising opposition to the practice. Read more on the Guardian website.
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