The Government’s proposed cuts to housing benefits will hinder the UK’s economic recovery, the British Property Federation (BPF) has warned.

The BPF said the cuts could provide a “recipe for destitution” for up to 800,000 claimants of Local Housing Allowance (LHA), who may be forced to move away from employment hotspots because of high housing demand.

Source: propertytalk Live!.

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