The coalition government’s welfare reforms will prevent landlords from building family-sized homes, a report claims.
The impact of welfare reform on housing, published by the Consortium of Associations in the South East, says the combined impact of the government’s changes will be a ‘mismatch’ between housing demand and stock.
The government’s plans included capping the maximum benefits that can be claimed at £26,000 a year, and cutting housing benefit for tenants that are deemed to be under occupying their homes.