Housing minister Heather Wheeler has promised a clampdown on rogue landlords using benefit changes to drive down standards in the private rented sector.
Making her first appearance before the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee today, Ms Wheeler told MPs: ‘I am not happy that any tenant should be made to use housing benefit to drive down standards. The difficulty is that people are clever about getting around the rules. That’s not acceptable.’
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