Conservative promise will help landlords
Wed, 28 Oct 2009
Shadow Housing Minister, Grant Shapps MP, will announce that should the Conservative Party form the next Government, it would reinstate Housing Benefit tenants’ choice to have rent paid direct to their landlords – a major boost for many landlords struggling to get payments under the current Local Housing Allowance scheme that pays rent money directly to tenants.
Mr Shapps made the announcement at a Crisis Conference in Birmingham, saying:
“It strikes me that the current situation is bad for everyone and I can see no reason why people on Local Housing Allowance shouldn’t enjoy the freedom to have their Housing Benefit paid direct to their landlord. Our proposal will de stigmatise the system and increase the amount of affordable homes available.”
Since the LHA was introduced in April 2008, not only has the National Landlords Association Campaigns Team been lobbying the Government to bring forward their LHA review but it’s also been meeting with the Shadow Ministerial Teams highlighting the major problems LHA is causing.
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