This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Insure Housing Benefit changes cover rents of Council & Social Housing Tenants
London G15 Housing Associations & Councils are seeking to increase rents that within 5 years would see Key workers and anyone in receipt of welfare unable to pay their rent unless the Housing Benefit aspect to welfare keeps pace in law with the increase
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We need the Government to ensure the housing benefit aspect to welfare payments goes up in line with Council and Social Housing rents ( at present rents are rising faster than welfare payments even for those in work ) unless urgent action is taken we will within 5 years see a massive homeless crisis with many on low incomes to poor to qualify for Council or Social Housing this will cause a real crisis in the economy, NHS, schools, etc unless this is addressed urgently
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Housing Benefit and the housing costs element of Universal Credit will normally cover the full cost of accommodation provided by a local authority, a registered housing association or a private registered provider of social housing, and there are no plans for this to change if social housing costs increase.
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