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Originally Posted by Vicky.
I don't think its this as (and I have read this on the net mind, not sure if its correct) the landlord has to know if you are on housing benefit as they need a different insurance to cover benefit tenants? As I say it might be wrong, as I read it in another 'rant about HB tenants' thread 
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Yes It says something about that in here that it could be a mortgage requirement too, I thought it could be to end the 'No DSS' landlords that simply discriminated against anyone on welfare as an undesirable.
I'm sure that's how it was touted in it's infancy, it's all cost cutting it seems.
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