Monday, 21 May 2012

Streets apart

02/07/2010

Chancellor George Osborne’s move to slash £4 billion from the soaring housing benefit bill was no surprise to the social housing sector. But welfare reforms, which could see thousands of tenants forced to leave their communities to find cheaper housing, have caused a collective intake of breath. Chloë Stothart investigates

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