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The National Residential Landlords Association has repeated its backing for upfront cash payments and rent guarantees. A new study has found that...

Landlords with tenants on Universal Credit are struggling to set up Alternative Payment Arrangements because the UC portal is closed to new...

A new form enabling landlords to claim for rent payments, from tenants in receipt of Universal Credit, to be paid directly...

A new online system to allow rent payments, from tenants in receipt of Universal Credit, to be paid directly to private...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published updated guidance for landlords with tenants in receipt of Universal Credit. The information is designed to...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published updated guidance for landlords with tenants in receipt of Universal Credit. The information is...

With new research showing that direct payment of benefits to landlords contributed most to reductions in rent arrears, the Residential Landlords...

More than half the people claiming Universal Credit are in rent arrears, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). It reports that 54% of...

Significant changes are being made to the Universal Credit system that will see the housing element of the benefit paid directly...

Earlier this week, the Liberal Democrat’s Work and Pensions spokesperson, Stephen Lloyd, warned that the government needed to introduce default payments to...

The government’s decision to make it easier for landlords to apply for Alternative Payment Arrangements (APAs) without the consent of tenants’...

Buy-to-let landlords receiving rent from tenants in receipt of Universal Credit will continue to be paid housing benefit directly, rather than...

An advertisement from a landlord saying he would accept ‘alternative payments’ from ‘attractive females’ who moved in to his property has...