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Reference:
2012/1920
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Question by:
Darren Johnson
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Meeting date:
04 July 2012
Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau recently conducted a survey of the 1,585 properties that were available to let in their borough via Rightmove and Gumtree on the 15th June 2012. They found that only 143 of those homes were advertised at rents that fell below the Local Housing Allowance caps, and that only 14 of those were let by landlords who were willing to let to housing benefit recipients. Of the 1,090 properties with two or more bedrooms, suitable for families, only 36 were within the benefit caps and only 5 of those were let by landlords willing to accept benefit...