you made it sound like renting a place out is a sin. Many on benefits cannot rent as they do not have enough means to meet the rent. That is not our fault… Of course I do me . I cannot do another person . You are doing You… PS I have two tenants on benefits. So as we said in our school days chicky chicky ferde
It isnt unlawful to discriminate on the basis of affordability. Housing benefit is well below market rents and if you are eligible for housing benefits you are unlikely to meet landlords affordability criteria.
I have 2 tenants on housing benefit which covered rent at start of the tenancy but comes no where near now. I left rent unchanged so they could afford it at substantial cost to me but I’m not starting a new tenancy at 20%+ below market rates. Given the current level of housing benefit it is unlikely i would accept housing benefit on a future application.
Private landlords are under no obligation to house tenants that arent under a tenancy agreement. That obligation sits with council/government. Whilst you frustrations are understandable they are misplaced.
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At least two of my properties are part paid by couples in receipt of one benefit or another. I don’t even ask, I just make sure their income is 3 times the rent and they have no adverse credit/ccj’s/ongoing or historic court proceedings etc.
Potential landlords only have your word as to why you are putting your current landlord through the court process. Why take you on if there are others with no blemishes on their record ? It’s simply common sense to me. And due to successive government policies there are long queues of others in both camps. I choose from the other camp, and so would you Nikki if you were doing your best to protect an asset.
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Much of the situation is absolutely down to change in government policy. Many LLs are selling up. While on the market these properties are empty creating even less property available to rent. We have had one off empty for 3 months awaiting sale. Once the tenant served notice we put it up for sale. On another we will not relet once the tenant leaves in August. The gov policy makes it impossible to continue for us.
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Just for some balance
Current tenant AST April 22 was self employed failed affordability on paper. But gave him the benefit of the doubt. Now on UC since Jan paid in increasingly late and rent due April was 11 days late, May’s rent is so far has failed to materialise with no explanation so now in arrears. 
It’s the no explanation that P’s me off. A rent increase takes effect July Im afraid it looks as though a sect 21& 8 is coming his way.
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well Nikki5 you have now heard from some of them as requested They are all doing themselves. .Can you see a common theme .?
Nikki5
If you have lived in the property for so many years and then if you are able to afford the higher rent than what you are looking then you should have started looking before when your landlord requested that he wanted he wanted his property back for whatever reason. Please note landlords are human beings and they have their outgoings expenses etc and personal reasons when the landlord makes any decision to get his property back.
Its in my opinion is very wrong blaming landlords by saying that this attitude of landlords forcing people to become homeless etc etc. But you have to remember that private landlords are not charity and they are working too and so may changes in laws etc and they need to protect themselves to not to become homeless one day.
It’s completely wrong to blame landlords and get target them as soon as the landlords ask for the property back. Some tenants just blames private landlords and not the government, local council authority.
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