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Direct payments to landlords
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Housing associations should stop arguing against the impact of direct benefit payments to tenants and instead focus their efforts on getting tenants back to work, according to the Policy Exchange.
Speaking yesterday at the National Housing Federation’s (NHF) annual conference, Matt Oakley, Head of Enterprise, Growth and Social Policy at the Policy Exchange said one of the ways to achieve this would be engaging with the Government’s Work Programme, which has seen “a lack of engagement with the housing sector”.
Whist Matt is correct there is a time bomb waiting to explode because the challenge with direct payments to landlords will leave tenants in control of the finances of their landlords. This is likely to create ongoing challenges for landlord tenant relations.
Eyullahemaye Miller
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– Forget direct payments and help tenants get back to work
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UtV4SSbeus&w=640&h=390]Direct payments to landlords
.
Housing associations should stop arguing against the impact of direct benefit payments to tenants and instead focus their efforts on getting tenants back to work, according to the Policy Exchange.
Speaking yesterday at the National Housing Federation’s (NHF) annual conference, Matt Oakley, Head of Enterprise, Growth and Social Policy at the Policy Exchange said one of the ways to achieve this would be engaging with the Government’s Work Programme, which has seen “a lack of engagement with the housing sector”.
Whist Matt is correct there is a time bomb waiting to explode because the challenge with direct payments to landlords will leave tenants in control of the finances of their landlords. This is likely to create ongoing challenges for landlord tenant relations.
Eyullahemaye Miller
Operations and Information