The leading trade body representing 1.2 million private landlords in the UK has dismissed David Cameron’s claim that rents are falling in the sector as a result of the coalition government’s welfare reforms. The claim has been disputed by housing sector professionals, including the Chartered Institute of Housing and by the National Landlords Association (NLA), the largest trade body for private landlords in the UK. Chris Norris, policy manager at the NLA, said: ‘We are not aware of any evidence that landlords are reducing their rents in return for direct payment of LHA on any significant scale.’ Instead he said the association’s research showed that 77 per cent of landlords who have tenants in receipt of LHA are being forced to consider reducing their involvement with tenants on housing benefit ‘as they cannot absorb the effects of these cuts’. Read more on Inside Housing.
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