000			01219cam a2200229 4500
001			ABS65170
008			020307n2002 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u117045
100			_aElsmore, K.
245			_aAreas of doubt
260			_c2002
490			_aLondon Housing _v February 2002, 5(1)
520			_aLooks at Appeal Court ruling on Local Reference Rent regime, which appears to contradict accepted guidelines about what constitutes a locality. Case challenged the Government's rules on rents which should be paid for private sector housing benefit claimants. In case, tenants had reasonable market rents, which exceeded the LRR, and were only eligible for housing benefit up to this level. Claimants challenged fact that rent officer had taken whole of Stockport as the locality, rather than more limited area. In order to close this anomaly, recommends abolishing LRRs, making localities smaller, or introducing more flexibility into the scheme to pay above LRR levels.
590			_aABS
650			_aLOCAL REFERENCE RENT
650			_aRENTS
650			_aMARKET RENTS
650			_aPRIVATE RENTED SECTOR
650			_aLOCALITY
690			_aLANDLORD AND TENANT-RENT REVIEWS
942			_n0
999			_c69732 _d69732