Benefit system 'not working'

A new campaign has been launched to show that landlords are not happy with the new system for paying housing benefit.

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has indicated that the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) scheme is not up to scratch.

This is damaging landlords and costing millions of pounds of taxpayers money, the organisation claimed.

Much-needed rent money is not arriving to landlords on time in many cases due to the new system.

Richard Price, NLA director of operations, said: "Landlords up and down the country need to join forces and demonstrate to government just how much this new system is not working.

"If something isn't done then landlords who currently operate in this market will be leaving in their droves and it will be the most vulnerable tenants who will be left out in the cold."

LHA was brought in by the government last year and has resulted in key changes such as housing benefit being paid directly to tenants instead of landlords.

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