Large Housing Association Scraps ‘Pointless’ Affordability Checks For New Tenants

One of the UK’s largest housing associations has scrapped ‘affordability testing’ for prospective tenants, deeming the process “pointless bureaucracy”. Sanctuary Group announced it was moving away from the process, which involves checking nominated households’ ability to pay the rent. The process has been controversial in the housing sector in recent years, with local authorities complaining that it makes it difficult to house homeless families on low or no incomes. Read more on Inside Housing.

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