Landlords in Liverpool are "discriminating" against families on benefits, according to a local housing union.
Across the city, some landlords are refusing to accept potential tenants who are receiving housing benefits to pay for their accommodation, including families, those who cannot work due to dependents or disabilities, and even people employed on low or part time wages who subsidise those wages with benefits.
Acorn Liverpool, a community housing union, said their research showed 80% of properties in the city are not available to those who plan to pay rent using benefits, even "affordable housing." Yet, this discrimination is not a new thing, according to Martin Mawdsley, spokesperson for Acorn.
