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Originally Posted by nomadking
Under the LHA system the maximum rates are published and therefore the landlords can set the rent higher up to that level knowing that amount will be paid to the Tenant in Housing Benefit.
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I believe a number of cases have been documented both where this has been done and even where the tenant and landlord split the difference. This both costs taxpayers and artificially inflates rents in areas. Why take a private tenant at a market rent of 300GBP/week when the government will pay twice that?