editorial director, rightsnet Member since 28th Jul 2005
oh well ...... Thu 23-Apr-09 03:15 PM
'Under the LHA, tenants have the chance to shop around, finding cheaper property and pocketing the difference ... Housing Benefit Minister Chris Pond said: 'The new system for Housing Benefit is working well. It will increase choice .. for tenants.''
'...costs have exceeded the planned expenditure for this policy. To bring the cost into line with what is affordable ... the Budget announces that from April 2010 there will no longer be scope for anyone to receive more LHA than they have to pay in rent.'
welfare rights adviser, sefton metropolitan borough council, liverpool. Member since 22nd Jan 2004
RE: oh well ...... Thu 23-Apr-09 04:15 PM
So LHA's have effectively morphed back into HB then, except that the size of the locality for which the maximum rent is to be determined has grown. Thats a smooth piece of sleight of hand by anyone's standards.