Another rampant rumour refuted:
Accommodation supplement not fueling rent rise - report
A report commissioned by the Government has found landlords are not hoovering up accommodation supplement increases by hiking rents.
Motu found the 2018 increases did not go to landlords via an increase in rents charged to tenants, and that two years after the changes "around 90 per cent of the extra increase in assistance was kept by accommodation supplement recipients as an extra increase in after-rent income".
Accommodation supplement not fueling rent rise - report
A report commissioned by the Government has found landlords are not hoovering up accommodation supplement increases by hiking rents.
Motu found the 2018 increases did not go to landlords via an increase in rents charged to tenants, and that two years after the changes "around 90 per cent of the extra increase in assistance was kept by accommodation supplement recipients as an extra increase in after-rent income".
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