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Housing Benefit

In a moment. The hon. Lady also said, ““Where are all these properties? There is this massive, pent-up demand and these landlords will just go somewhere else.”” If there is that massive, pent-up demand, why have landlords not already gone somewhere else? Why have they not already increased their rents beyond what housing benefit covers today? Why are they not already renting to non-housing benefit tenants? There is a reason why they rent to housing benefit tenants: they get the money, particularly with direct payments.