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Cruel new housing benefit cap puts elderly lives at risk
A NEW housing benefit cap will poke a £68 hole in the pockets of thousands of elderly people and put their lives at risk, housing providers warned yesterday.
The cap would see housing benefit for social housing put on a level with private renters’ local housing allowance, but no provisions have been made for supported accommodation.
According to the National Housing Federation (NHF) over 50,000 households could be affected in the first year of the cap.
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