The practice of refusing to rent homes to those in
receipt of housing benefit has been ruled unlawful in the first ‘No DSS’
discrimination case to be heard by a UK court. In a case that was heard at the
York County Court, a 44-year-old disabled single mother of two challenged a
letting agent for rejecting her application for a privately rented property on
the basis of her being in receipt of housing benefit. District Judge Victoria
Elizabeth Mark found that the letting agent was in breach of the Equality Act
for operating a policy of refusing to rent to individuals on benefits. The
defendant ceased operating this policy in June 2019. Read more on Inside
Housing.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
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