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Property for Rent DSS 2007-10-16 16:14:21 Dss property for rent can be a big problem to find when searching on the internet. Benefithousing.co.uk is looking to make this problem a thing of the past, most of the portal sites on the internet may have some dss property but trying to find them can be almost impossible. Benefithousing at this time has only been live for a couple of weeks and the property section of the site is not ready to be launched, but you can still use the site check out links to property websites and check the useful information on the website.
Benefithousing needs you to spread the word, maybe you know of a letting agent that allows people on housing benefit or dss to rent property, or maybe you are a landlord with property, if so then contact us and let us know and we will add the details onto the site.
benefithousing.co.uk wants to help as many searching tenants as possible and are working hard to find property for you to rent from letting agents and private landlords.
Housing Benefit Changing to Local Housing Allowance 2007-10-16 11:09:02 Housing Benefit is going to change for people who are living in private rented accommodation. From April 2008 the housing benefit payment will be known as the Local
Housing Allowance (LSA).
So what is the Change?
The calculation will be based not on the rent amount, but will be calculated on the number of other key values. These are listed below :-
The area that you are going to be living in
Who will be living with you
How much money you have coming into the family home
Any savings that you may have
This will be only affecting people who are going to be renting by a private landlord. Read more:Housing
, Changing
Letting Agent Accept DSS 2007-10-13 06:16:57 Benefithousing.co.uk are looking for letting agents who accept people who are in receipt of dss or housing benefit. There is a considerable shortage of agents and landlords who are willing to accept this form of payment for rent and benefit housing has a highly targeted website that you can advertise your agency and also showcase your property.
If you are a letting agent or landlord that accepts rent payments from people on dss then just follow the below.
LettingAgent
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benefithousing.co.uk allows you to advertise your agency for free on the towns page where your agency is based, to send us your details just click on the link below.
Letting Agents Free Registration
Landlords
benefithousing are shortly allowing landlords to advertise their property on the site to a targeted audience, the property must be available to people who are in receipt of housing benefit payments. To view a sample of the property section, click the link below.
benefithousing property upload for landlords - cl Read more:Accept
Town & City List Update 2007-10-13 02:17:56 The site now has increased coverage of towns and cities, the new additions to the site include the following :-
Cambridge, Bolton, Walsall, Salford, Barnsley
and in London, Belgravia SW1
There are lots more features and property uploads to the site coming very soon, so take a look around, make use of the useful information and links and come back regularly for updates.
If you live in a town that is not covered on the site then just drop us an email and we will get onto it for you. Read more:Update
How did you find a dss property? 2007-10-12 09:17:37 If you have any recommendations for people who are on dss or housing benefit in how to find a property
then we at benefithousing want to hear. We will publish information that you give on the website to help other people find their new home.
We need recommendations of :-
Websites that you may use
Letting Agents that provide dss property in your town
Resources that are available
or any other help or information that you can give.
All you need to do is drop us a quick email - Contact Benefithousing and let us know. Remember to quote the town that you are referring to when you give us the info.
Property Uploads for Landlords……Coming Soon! 2007-10-07 02:33:37 Coming to the benefithousing.co.uk website are property upload facilities for landlords to upload property to the site for dss/housing benefit tenants to make enquiries for. The function will have lots of features including pdfs, full property details, multiple images, contact forms and much more.
Benefithousing anticipate this facility to be ready within the next few weeks&hellip
;..so keep on the look out for this. Read more:Uploads
, Coming Soon
benefithousing rides high in the search engines 2007-10-07 02:32:55 benefithousing is a hit with the search engines
and is drawing in more visitors everyday. benefithousing is featuring well in google and yahoo and is hitting the mark when it comes to filling a gap in the market.
The major search terms covered are finding benefithousing on page 1 or page 2 for most terms in the important search engines. Search engine optimisation is an important marketing tool for the site and benefithousing will continue to work hard to bring visitors to the site.
Do a search in google for the town you are looking to rent in and see benefithousing high up for any dss or housing benefit search term. At present benefithousing only covers a limited number of town/city locations, this is set to increase in the near future. (see main site for town listings).
New Towns Added 2007-10-07 02:32:03 benefithousing.co.uk will be adding more towns to the database to provide further coverage for people searching for DSS properties in the UK. Currently the town basis is limited but look out for this to increase over the coming weeks.
To view the current list of towns that are covered, click on the link below.
UK Towns
Covered on Benefithousing
More towns will be added to the site soon, so if yours is not here now then it may be soon.
Benefithousing.co.uk is Live and Kicking 2007-10-07 02:30:17 Benefithousing.co.uk has been launched and setup to fill a gap in the market. The site has been live now for just over 1 week and is already providing visitors information, articles, letting agents details and much more to help them with the search for a housing benefit or dss property.
The services, features and functions of the website will be enhanced over the coming months so look out for much more. Some of the exciting features will include property uploads, enhanced agents details and more council information amongst many other features. So keep coming back to the site regularly to find out what has been added.
This blog will guide you through what has been happening and provide a timeline of information and will have regaular posts and updates from the benefithousing.co.uk team.
Visit the benefithousing.co.uk homepage Read more:Kicking
Landlords Advertise to 40% of all Rental Hunters 2007-10-27 11:41:14 According to a recent survey on a popular UK rental property portal over 40% of all rental property searchers are in receipt of DSS or housing benefit help. With this in mind that is one very good reason as to why it makes sense to advertise your rental property on benefithousing.co.uk. benefithousing is the premier dss only property advertising website and as such attract a large number of users who are looking for property like your vacant ones.
Landlords and Letting Agents should take advantage of our free property advertising in order to see how quickly you can house a tenant in your property. Why not also take advantage of the great value enhanced advertising option which allows you to advertise upto 20 properties with extra images, slideshows and much more. Read more:Advertise
, Rental
, Hunters
Coming Soon - Town Page Talk Places 2007-10-27 01:08:48 Benefithousing are always looking at new ways to help our tenant users and what better way than for you to be able to have a Town Page Talk Place. So what is a Town Page Talk Place, or a Talk Place.
The benefithousing talk place is where tenants can go and leave questions about renting, dss or local area questions in towns or areas and then other users can pass on knowledge or advice. For example, you may want to rent in Northampton but never lived there and need help or information on what areas to live in, what letting agents will take dss or housing benefit or local council details.
The Talk Place is where you need to be……………coming soon to benefithousing. Read more:Places
, Coming Soon
Landlords Property Uploads Available 2007-10-27 00:56:10 The benefithousing property section is now ready for use, landlords can now upload property that is available for dss tenants to rent. The upload section is simple to use, a quick guide is below.
Landlords Property Upload Guide
Step 1 - Register FREE as a ‘Benefithousing Landlord Agent’ - Click Here
Step 2 - Verify your registration by clicking the link in your received email.
Step 3 - Upload your property using the free Benefithousing package (Max 1 Property)
Step 4 - Upgrade your listing for enhanced features and maximum exposure
For a detailed breakdown of the different advertising packages - click here
Benefithousing offers an exceptional advertising platform for landlords to advertise their property for free or a minimal upgrade charge to open up additional features. Take advantage of this and get your vacant rental property filled today.
Read more:Uploads
Talkplaces are now open for all listed towns 2007-11-03 12:52:07 benefithousing.co.uk are very pleased to announce that the talkplaces are now open for all the towns listed
on the site. This is an excellent place for you to pose questions or get answers for any type of rental question.
There are always people who will have had a similar problem or been in a situation the same as you, the best way to resolve them is to find these people. The talkplaces aim to get people talking who live in the same area in order to help them find property, this could be landlords, letting agents and tenants.
Visit the talkplaces today for your town Benefithousing Talkplaces
More towns are being added regularly, so if your town is not yet available, dont worry give us a contact and we will get it added.
Local Council Offices Advertise DSS Property 2007-11-15 12:27:56 Benefithousing is looking to increase the number of property on the website, one way to do this is to consult with local council offices. If you work for a local council and are involved with dss property or the housing benefit area then you may be able to pass our website details onto your private landlords or housing offices. We are also interested in Housing Association Property and any areas within your organisation of which the site may benefit.
With the shortage of rental property on the market for dss then every single property available can make a difference to a family or individual. If you have any questions about the advertising that the Benefithousing website has then please do not hesitate to contact us. Read more:Local
, Council
, Offices
, Advertise
Housing Benefit and DSS Property Spread the Word 2007-11-15 11:58:56 We need your help, if you found the site useful then we would love it if you could spread the word for us. There are a number of ways you can do this :-
Online - If you are online and enjoy social bookmarking or Web2.0 then you can add us to your favourites links, this would be really great.
Offline - Why not mention us to your local council office, they may add us to a list of resources or you could tell your friends or anyone else who claim dss or housing benefit about us.
Benefithousing are really looking forward to being the central point of contact for everyone who are involved in Housing
Benefit and DSS. If you did not find what you were looking for then be sure to come back soon as the site is constantly updated with new and interesting information. Read more:Spread
Advertise Rental Property - Get Tenants Fast 2007-11-25 02:56:07 The rental property market is very competitive and for every month that your house stands empty you are loosing a lot of revenue. There are thousands of vacant rental properties in the UK, just look across the internet, there are probably hundreds in your area alone. Benefithousing have the perfect solution for you, if you tick the following boxes then read on.
(1) Gauranteed Rental
Income
(2) Ability to Vet the Tenants
(3) Find Tenants Quickly
(4) Fill Vacant Rental Property
If you answered yes to all these then you cannot afford to not find your next tenant through benefithousing.co.uk, we have hundreds of visitors a day looking for a DSS friendly property. There is a whole range of people who are looking for property and claiming benefits and they are no more likely to cause you problems than anyone else. So if you have vacant rental property then it would make sense to advertise them and get them filled today using benefithousing.co.uk
Click Here to Find out More about Bene Read more:Advertise
DSS Home - Find From DSS Letting Agents 2007-12-04 11:35:20 benefithousing.co.uk is still a very young site and is building fast on getting the resources and property that people require when they are looking to rent dss property. Benefithousing now has a dedicated property section where tenant users can view and find property that are advertised and available for people who are claiming housing benefit or dss payments.
If you are looking for a new dss home to rent or indeed are renting a property and are looking for information or resources relating to renting on dss then take a look around the benefithousing website. There are new pages, property and information added on a daily basis to keep the site current and informative.
Take a look around benefithousing.co.uk today! Read more:Letting
Councils Get Tough on Benefit Cheats 2008-02-23 15:59:58 The vast majority of people are sincere and do not try to cheat the system, there are however some that do and the local councils are getting tough on the suspected cheats. The social security officers have got the powers to access the bank accounts, credit records and other finanical information for people they suspect [...] Read more:Tough
RSS Feeds for Council DSS and Housing Benefit News 2008-02-12 02:13:54 Coming soon to the benefithousing website will be rss feeds for all the latest news and information relating to your local council housing office. We are in the design and concept phase of looking into obtaining useful information directly from the local council websites to display on the benefithousing website.
This will make benefithousing the one place [...] Read more:Council
, Housing
, RSS Feeds
DSS Rentals - Benefithousing is the place to find them 2008-02-11 15:17:13 If you are in receipt of dss or housing benefit then you may be finding it hard to find private landlords who allow dss tenants. This is a wide problem across the UK and there are thousands of tenants who are experiencing the same issues. Benefithousing has been setup to try to eliminate this problem and [...] Read more:Rentals
DSS Lettings 2008-05-26 04:16:48 It has been an interesting few months for the Benefithousing website, we have brought together more towns and are now producing more information than before. The next step is to provide detailed pages with information about each of the local councils with links to the areas that you need if your are DSS Lettings tenants. [...]
DSS Property 2008-05-29 11:58:10 40% of all rental property searches are made by tenants who are in receipt of housing benefit payments or dss. There are many reasons as to why a person will be looking for a DSS property and these can range from disabled people who are unable to work to single mothers who rely on the [...]
DSS Houses in Peterborough 2008-06-28 07:22:29 It is not easy to find a rental property Peterborough that suites every requirement and this becomes even harder when you are looking for DSS houses in Peterborough. Landlords are often un willing to rent a house out to anyone claiming housing benefit and often do not even listen to the circumstances behind the claimants [...]
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