Private landlords are turning away social tenants at a time when they are needed most to meet housing need according to Richard Price, director of operations at the National Landlords Association (NLA), who said one in five private landlords was now refusing to take on new tenants in receipt of the local housing allowance. The retreat follows government plans to overhaul the welfare system, reducing the local housing allowance to a maximum of £400 a week for a four bedroom property, pricing many tenants out of the private market. When surveyed by the NLA, 90% of landlords said they could not afford to reduce the rent they charged to adapt to the new rules. Read more on The Guardian website.
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