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When the government started paying housing benefit to new private tenants rather than straight to their landlords last year, it was meant to give tenants more choice and help develop their budgeting skills - but instead it just means rents are not being paid, say some landlords.
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One, who preferred to remain anonymous, told the BBC: "It's when people see this amount of money and think, 'Oh yeah, that's mine,' but it's not, it's the landlord's."
Another said: "It's too tempting to spend the cash, especially if you're on a low income and you've never seen that amount of money."
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It was a stupid idea of paying the 'tenant' now, and not directly to the landlord as before.
I think these people just change things because they can.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8152937.stm