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Tenancy fees banned in England

5 June 2019

The Tenant Fees Act bans most letting fees in England for new or renewed tenancy agreements entered into on or after 1 June 2019. The Act also places caps on a number of legitimate charges, including the amount that can be requested for a tenancy deposit and the amount that can be charged for amending a tenancy agreement.

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Outside NI, Private Tenancies

Welfare and housing policies blamed for rise in homelessness

31 May 2019

Crisis’s most recent Homelessness Monitor 2019 for England highlights concerns that housing and welfare policies are increasingly leading to homelessness. 

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Benefits, Outside NI, Homelessness

Housing Rights highlights concerns about welfare policy to Westminster Inquiry

24 May 2019
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Today, we submit written evidence to a Westminster Inquiry examining welfare policy in Northern Ireland.

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Welfare Reform, Policy

Bedroom tax help stops for a further 41 benefit claimants

24 May 2019

41 additional people or families stopped receiving extra payments to offset the impact of the bedroom tax between 1 October 2018 and 31 March 2019, bringing to 216 the total number of claimants who have lost this financial assistance, according to Department for Communities reports.

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Benefits, Welfare Reform

Changes to way LHA rates are set could negatively impact on younger tenants

23 May 2019

Housing Executive research has found that reclassifying the areas used to set benefit levels for private tenants could have serious affordability impacts on young people in Northern Ireland.

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Benefits, Private Tenancies, Welfare Reform

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