Labour Warns Of ‘Catastrophic Impact’ Of Tory Housing Benefit Cuts

‘John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Housing and Planning, has warned that specialist housing providers could be forced to close accommodation for the most vulnerable because of Tory Housing Benefit cuts.

Mr Healey responded to a recent survey revealing that 95% of specialist housing providers could be forced to close accommodation units, due to Government plans to limit Housing Benefit in the social rented sector to Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates.

Mr Healey said: “Last month, we revealed that George Osborne’s cuts to housing benefit support for thousands of elderly, disabled and homeless people could mean that vital supported accommodation across the country would be forced to close.’

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