The Metropolis

Councils moving poor people out of London - way out of London

Darren Atwater | Monday 25 October, 2010 11:27

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People who are homeless, or at risk, and want some help from their local council can start packing their bags for Hastings, Watford, Slough, Reading and Luton.

Because the emergency budget has changed the housing benefit, councils are looking to send their low income tenants somewhere far away and cheap. Beginning April 2011, housing benefit limits the amount paid per bedroom, and limits the total amount to 30 per cent of value of rents in the area. Outer London rents are expensive but Inner London is ridiculous. But at least the rich don’t have to mingle with the poor much longer!

Councils to move LHA claimants out of London [Inside Housing]

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