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Closed Ban discrimination in private rental sector towards people on benefits

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It’s become increasingly difficult to find a letting agent/ landlord that will accept people on low incomes with top up benefits. The Government should have some input on this due to the lack of council properties available to those in need.

I have been searching for a 2 bedroom property for myself and my daughter for a few months and the stumbling block is always the fact that I receive working/child tax credit and housing benefit. This in my opinion is discriminatory towards those on low incomes who need that extra help because they are not in a position to work full time.

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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/

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