Hyndburn
|
|
Eafield
and Maple
|
£261,176
|
Sterling
Properties Co Ltd
|
£198,595
|
Creative
Support Ltd
|
£180,063
|
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
|
£178,044
|
North
Western Housing Ltd
|
£145,568
|
Rishwood
Homes
|
£143,086
|
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
|
£118,628
|
Becontree
Ltd
|
£104,343
|
R E
Walsh Investments Ltd
|
£100,745
|
Rent
the House
|
£97,189
|
Sycamore
Letting Co Ltd
|
£92,754
|
Property
Shop Client Account
|
£92,399
|
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
|
£87,359
|
Wellbase
Estates Ltd
|
£70,703
|
Northern
Residential Securities
|
£66,800
|
Thompson
and Partners
|
£59,018
|
National
Autistic Society
|
£58,557
|
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
|
£54,604
|
Rent
Solutions Ltd
|
£53,034
|
Rhyddings
Wood Properties
|
£51,659
|
Total £2,214,324
In the region there are 219,536 households renting
private accommodation and entitled to house benefit. This study covers where it
is paid direct to company landlords not private individual landlords.
Taxpayer’s cash pays the rent to private landlords
for 1.65 m privately owned dwelling in Great Britain. Paying housing benefits
to meet housing costs for rented accommodation for tenants on low incomes dates
the 1980s. The cost has ballooned to £23 billion per year. While over the past
30 years some £411billions of taxpayer’s funds have been spent on housing
benefit it is not clear who the ultimate recipients are.
For 30% of tenants entitled to housing benefit the
cash is paid direct to landlords. To establish the identity of these landlords
GMB carried out research at the Land Registry to establish the beneficial
owners of properties and Freedom of Information requests were made to councils
to establish the amounts paid to them. The ultimate recipients of housing
benefit and amounts were disclosed by councils where the landlords are
companies. The ultimate recipients of housing benefit and amounts were not
disclosed where the monies are paid to tenants or where landlords are
individuals.
69 councils refused to disclose any
information. GMB is inviting local media and politicians to follow up on the
study and fill in the gaps.
Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary, said, "This
research lifts the lid on the mainly secret payments to landlords who are the
real winners from Britain's welfare system. We see taxpayers cash subsidising
buy-to-let empires where the money ends up tax free in tax havens. The research
shows the rich and powerful sucking up taxpayer’s money through housing
benefit. This is made possible by out of control rents and a lack of affordable
and council homes that so many hard working people and their families
desperately need. This should bring both shame and action from this government
to end this exploitation of public money. These billions going into fat cats
wallets and off shore tax havens would be better spent building houses and
homes for real working people. Shovelling millions of pounds to the likes of
castle owning barons, whilst so many either wait for a home or have to pay
exorbitant rents, is a public scandal. It is also bad economics for the nation.”"It is disgraceful that 69 councils refused to reveal the companies they paid huge sums to. Every council has refused to disclose the names of private landlords they pay huge sums to without scrutiny.”
See at foot of the national release
on GMB website www.gmb.org.uk
a pdf with names of some castle owning barons, the amount they receive and
pictures of the castles.
Percentage of privately rented households in receipt
of housing benefits by council in North West in November 2013.
All private rented households
|
Housing benefit recipients in the private rented sector
|
%
|
||
Great Britain
|
4,195,070
|
1,645,504
|
39.2
|
|
England and Wales
|
3,900,178
|
1,548,342
|
39.7
|
|
North West
|
462,899
|
219,536
|
47.4
|
|
rank
|
||||
1
|
Blackpool UA
|
16,770
|
15,037
|
89.7
|
2
|
Knowsley
|
5,980
|
4,734
|
79.2
|
3
|
Sefton
|
15,804
|
10,780
|
68.2
|
4
|
Wyre
|
6,397
|
4,349
|
68.0
|
5
|
Burnley
|
7,267
|
4,802
|
66.1
|
6
|
Wirral
|
22,275
|
14,709
|
66.0
|
7
|
Hyndburn
|
6,235
|
3,889
|
62.4
|
8
|
Barrow-in-Furness
|
4,442
|
2,705
|
60.9
|
9
|
Halton UA
|
5,212
|
3,149
|
60.4
|
10
|
Oldham
|
10,944
|
6,442
|
58.9
|
11
|
Rochdale
|
11,556
|
6,618
|
57.3
|
12
|
Pendle
|
6,760
|
3,794
|
56.1
|
13
|
Wigan
|
15,875
|
8,694
|
54.8
|
14
|
St. Helens
|
7,736
|
4,223
|
54.6
|
15
|
Blackburn with Darwen UA
|
8,993
|
4,835
|
53.8
|
16
|
Tameside
|
12,573
|
6,452
|
51.3
|
17
|
Lancaster
|
10,929
|
5,427
|
49.7
|
18
|
Fylde
|
6,066
|
2,936
|
48.4
|
19
|
Bolton
|
15,930
|
7,617
|
47.8
|
20
|
Rossendale
|
4,106
|
1,962
|
47.8
|
21
|
West Lancashire
|
4,744
|
2,215
|
46.7
|
22
|
Bury
|
10,774
|
5,006
|
46.5
|
23
|
Liverpool
|
48,290
|
21,095
|
43.7
|
24
|
Stockport
|
13,852
|
6,020
|
43.5
|
25
|
Chorley
|
4,587
|
1,941
|
42.3
|
26
|
Copeland
|
2,665
|
1,097
|
41.2
|
27
|
South Ribble
|
4,308
|
1,741
|
40.4
|
28
|
Warrington UA
|
9,549
|
3,804
|
39.8
|
29
|
Salford
|
19,420
|
7,642
|
39.4
|
30
|
Cheshire West and Chester UA
|
17,734
|
6,663
|
37.6
|
31
|
Preston
|
10,365
|
3,744
|
36.1
|
32
|
Allerdale
|
4,142
|
1,476
|
35.6
|
33
|
Carlisle
|
6,914
|
2,281
|
33.0
|
34
|
Cheshire East UA
|
19,938
|
6,534
|
32.8
|
35
|
Manchester
|
58,170
|
18,178
|
31.2
|
36
|
Trafford
|
12,001
|
3,724
|
31.0
|
37
|
Ribble Valley
|
3,278
|
822
|
25.1
|
38
|
South Lakeland
|
6,633
|
1,658
|
25.0
|
39
|
Eden
|
3,685
|
757
|
20.5
|
Sources - Crown Copyright Reserved:
DWP; Office for National Statistics Housing Benefit Statistics - November 2013
and Census of Population data – 2011
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