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Money Box: Rental Health: Housing benefits frozen as rents rise

25/03/2023

Rental Health: Housing benefits frozen as rents rise

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, Rental Health: Housing benefits frozen as rents rise

Felicity Hannah hears how a freeze in housing benefit payments is affecting renters.

Felicity Hannah starts a week of BBC coverage on the theme of Rental Health. For Money Box she examines the 3 year freeze in Local Housing Allowance (the portion of Universal Credit designed to cover housing) is leaving some on low incomes struggling to afford rental properties.

Also on this episode as NatWest become the latest bank to impose restrictions on how much their customers can spend on crypto platforms and exchanges we ask if it’s ever a good idea to invest in this area.

And we'll have advice for you if you've lost money through a push payment scam. 

Presenter: Felicity Hannah
Reporter: Dan Whitworth
Researcher: Sandra Hardial
Editor: Clare Worden

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