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Petition Stop discrimination against people on housing benefit or with pets

Stop landlords & letting agencies from discriminating against people for being on housing benefits or having pets. There are NOT enough council properties so we are forced to look into the private rent sector, only then to be told constantly NO because you are on housing benefits or you have a pet.

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I am on housing benefit for health reasons, no other, yet I feel I am tarnished and placed into that bracket of what people call "benefit scroungers". If I could swap with a fully fit person and be able to work for my own money again then believe me I would. Unfortunately this is the life I have been dealt with so I have to get on with it. That is why I am trying to build a better life, find a home suitable for me and my daughter to live in, but I keep coming up against this same brick wall.

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MPs want to hear your views on benefits and renting

A group of MPs who form the Work and Pensions Committee are looking at difficulties faced by benefit claimants in finding suitable housing in the private rented sector. The Committee is looking into ‘no DSS’ policies which restrict landlords from renting to people who are claiming benefits.

To help them with their inquiry, the MPs on the Committee would like to hear from people who have experienced problems finding private rental properties because they are or were in receipt of benefits.

You can tell the Committee about your experience by completing a short survey here: https://twitter.com/CommonsWorkPen/status/1102956785940525056

The survey is expected to be open for responses until 20 March. This may be moved back if the Committee wishes to receive more responses.

We know that what you say might contain sensitive personal information, so the Committee may not publish what you say in full. Instead, the Committee will summarise the experiences of all those they hear from, which will include the key themes and use anonymised quotes as examples of what the Committee has heard. These will be used in the final output of the inquiry (which could be a report for example) which will be later be decided by the Committee.

You can find more information on the ‘no DSS’: discrimination against benefit claimants in the housing sector inquiry here:

https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/inquiry18/