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The government has had to rethink its roll-out of Universal Credit – but small tweaks to the system won't prevent people on housing benefit from being evicted.
Administrative errors and negative stereotypes lead landlords to discriminate against people on housing benefit.
It was meant to provide a more streamlined and coherent system – but it isn't working.
The rollout of the new benefit system will not be paused – but it is causing real hardship.
Research shows that when the government cuts housing benefit, it harms the mental health of those affected.
High rents and benefits restrictions have led to spiralling costs when it comes to housing London's homeless.
The budget contained some major housing reforms, but the chancellor had no answer to the sector's number-one problem.
David Cameron has tried to claim the clothes of social justice for the Conservatives. It's time he took them off.
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Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer in Nutrition, King's College London
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Professor of Housing Research, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
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Director of External Programmes, Centre for Advanced Management Education, University of Stirling
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Professor of Social Policy, University of York
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Senior Research Fellow, University of York
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Associate Professorial Research Fellow in Poverty and Inequality, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Lecturer in Sociology and Social Work, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer in Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice, Staffordshire University
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Research Associate, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Sheffield
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Research Fellow in Social Policy, University of Essex
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Research Fellow, Edge Hill University
