MPs Hear Evidence On 'No DSS' Adverts

The Work and Pensions Select Committee heard from three panels of witnesses on the subject of the ‘No DSS’ adverts in the private rented sector. The Committee, made up of cross-party MPs, questioned industry experts, consumers and representatives of mortgage providers. In a response to media reports in late 2018 that mortgage lenders were restricting buy-to-let landlords from letting their properties to tenants in receipt of benefit, the Committee began the inquiry into No DSS: discrimination against benefit claimants in the housing sector in March 2019. Read more on the ARLA website.

https://www.arla.co.uk/news/may-2019/mps-hear-evidence-on-no-dss-adverts/

Have Your Say On The Housing And Planning Bill

Do you have relevant expertise and experience or an interest in the Housing and Planning Bill which is currently passing through Parliament? If so, you can submit your views in writing to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee which is going to consider this Bill. The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence. The Committee is expected to hold its first oral evidence session on Tuesday 10 November and it would be extremely helpful to the Committee if written evidence was submitted by Monday 9 November in order to inform the debate. The Committee will stop receiving written evidence at the end of the Committee stage on Thursday 10 December. Find out more on the Parliament website.