The Government’s claim that prospective tenants in receipt of Universal Benefits who feel they have been discriminated against by letting agents via No DSS policies can access redress through one of the two government-approved schemes is looking shaky, our research shows.
Housing minister Eddie Hughes’ comments were made this week in response to Labour MP Feryal Clark’s question in parliament asking what the Government is doing to tackle ‘discrimination against people claiming housing benefit in the private rented sector and what recourse is open to people affected by that discrimination’.
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