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date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent representations his Department has received on the advertising of private property lettings explicitly to exclude people in receipt of housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	130788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received correspondence on this issue. The Government appreciates the problems that some housing benefit claimants can face in finding accommodation in the private rented sector.</p><p>We strongly encourage landlords and agents to look at all potential and existing tenants in receipt of housing benefit on an individual basis. We will shortly be publishing a new How to Let guide to help landlords better understand their responsibilities.</p><p>Legislation exists to prohibit acts of discrimination against individuals in terms of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 13/03/2018 16:32:06 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

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registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Personal Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what powers the property of a person who is street homeless can be confiscated.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	119819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no powers to confiscate the property of a person who is street homeless on the basis that they are sleeping rough.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/01/2018 15:48:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire