Reply to post: Re: housing benefit

View from a Reg reader: My take on the Basic Income

Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

Re: housing benefit

Thanks for the reality check on the numbers, not many people seem to realise that the vast majority of the "benefits" spend is non-optional stuff like state pension and disability benefits.

On the other hand it is still true to say that housing benefit ends up in the pockets of the landlords, isn't it? And that housing benefit is effectively a subsidy/benefit to employers paying low wages?

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