Housing Minister Ready to Ban ‘No DSS’ Adverts
Housing Minister Heather Wheeler is planning a ban on private landlords who reject tenants claiming benefits. She is opening a charm offensive to encourage landlords and letting agents to drop the no DSS adverts by lining up meetings with mortgage providers, landlord...
Incentives Deal for Landlords Renting to DSS Tenants?
Landlords offering homes to tenants on benefits could win tax breaks or other incentives from the Welsh Government. Housing Minister Rebecca Evans has revealed she is looking for ways to encourage private landlords to house more tenants with affordability issues. She...
Petition Protest Against ‘No Benefits’ Buy to Let Lenders
A buy to let landlord who could only remortgage a rented home if she evicted her tenant has started a petition protest calling for the government to outlaw lenders with a ‘no benefits’ policy. NatWest told the landlord, Helen McAteer, that she could only increase her...
Give Landlords Tax Breaks to Let to Benefit Tenants, Says Charity
Offering tax incentives to landlords would improve private rented housing for the tenants and could easily be paid for out of the extra revenue anticipated by the government from restricting mortgage interest relief. A housing charity has costed three policies...
Law Banning Benefit Tenants Remains Unclear for Landlords
Landlords and letting agents may still be able turn away renters on benefits despite a single mum winning an out of court settlement after claiming an agent who did so breached equality legislation. Letting agent Nicholas George paid the mum, Rosie Keogh, a £2,000...
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