Settled Housing Solutions Consultancy Service (SHS) has produced a calculator that enables landlords, letting agents, and social housing providers to see at a glance how changes to Housing Benefit, due in April, will affect claimant tenants.
The desk-top device provides current Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates and forecasts the impact that changes, such as new LHA [...]
Housing Benefit
Calculator removes uncertainty over LHA cuts
Over 55,000 Scottish households impacted by housing benefit cuts
In April, over 55,000 households in Scotland will be given nine months to either deal with a cut in their housing benefit or move out of their homes, warns Alex Neil, Scotland’s housing and communities minister.
New caps on housing benefit will affect households that already pay the average rent in their area but may be [...]
