United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 419
Private Rented Housing: Housing Benefit
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Introduced
11 May 2021
Last action
19 May 2021 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
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19 May 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether discrimination against people claiming housing benefit in the private rented sector is illegal; what recourse is open to people affected by that practice; what steps his
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11 May 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether discrimination against people claiming housing benefit in the private rented sector is illegal; what recourse is open to people affected by that practice; what steps his
Source: Commons
19 May 2021
Answer
Blanket bans against tenants in receipt of benefits have no place in a fair and modern housing market. The Government has worked with the lettings industry to agree an approach to end this practice. Major lettings portals Zoopla and Rightmove agreed to st...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-11/419
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1313014
- uk · wq-1313014 · source updated 19 May 2021