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MP Addresses Rogue Landlords in Receipt of Housing Benefit
This article is an external press release originally published on the Landlord News website, which has now been migrated to the Just Landlords blog.
MP Addresses Rogue Landlords in Receipt of Housing Benefit
A Conservative MP is to question the housing minister over the reasons rogue landlords are still able to receive housing benefit, even if their properties are in a bad condition.
The Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Private Rented Sector, Oliver Colvile, will raise the issue this week with Brandon Lewis.
He explains: “The Government needs to explain why so much taxpayers’ money is going to rogue landlords without proper accountability.”
He believes that if private landlords do take public money in the form of housing benefit, their properties should be to a high standard.
He suggests: “Allowing local authorities to issue on-the-spot fines to the worst landlords would help, because the revenue could be used for better enforcement.”1
Do you rent out properties to housing benefit tenants? And do you think fines would help combat rogue landlords?
