[rockrabbit]

Housing Benefit [DHSS dont pay for Housing, the Gov't does through local Councils] have an absolute limit of £60 and £65 per week [couples, families, vulnerable] in the private rented sector locally. Single people it is most likely a maximum of £45 and for under 25s less again. There are very few single person flats in the borough and those forced to live in family accomodation still are only entitled to single persons allowance. Homelessness, mainly due to broken families, is 3 times greater than the supply of Council Houses.

All those people paying and £80 and £90+ are having to pay a 'top up' out of the reminder of their benefits. HB pay full rent on RSL properties only. The private rented sector is bigger that the Council Housing Sector for rented accomodation. RSLs make up the other 20%. In reality there are no Council Houses left [the turnover is so low that if you are on the waiting list, your unlikely to get one] except voids.

Many landlords coudn't give a toss about their tenants or the neighbours.[/QUOTE

How is it then that a bunch of dossers managed to get one of the houses on the old rists site as i remember seeing then up for rent a few times at 150p/w and cant see people like that being willing to use there dole to live in a nicer house