Do lettng agents/landlords check you are on housing benefit?

[znowdonia]

I may have to move home and am worried that landlords will not accept housing benefit. I am told that if you cant rent privately then you go on a waiting list which may take years and in the meantime they will put you into a B&B. This would mean losing all my furniture, my dog and everything!

 

Do many landlords accept DSS nowadays? Do I HAVE TO DISCLOSE it? I know alot of lettings agents run Maras reference checks (and if they did I do have TWO Guarantors) but would me being on HB be a no no?

 

Any advice please?

 

Very upset and stressed

Thanks

[loan_ranger]

The problem here is that "buy-to-let" Landlords mortgage protection insurance has the "no dss" clause. They will check because otherwise the insurance will be void. Although many b-t-l landlords use a letting agent, it's still the same. In my area it has become easier for benefits claimants to get private sector tenancies, but I put this down to owners who have paid off their mortgages but moving elsewhere (due to their job) choosing to hang on to the old house in the hope that property prices recover again, therefore they are competing to get a tenant, it also helps the LL pay for their second property.

[znowdonia]

thanks thats good to know and helps me understand alot better!