Tenants in the private rented sector hit by caps to the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) would rather cut back on essentials before finding work, an independent study commissioned by the Government has revealed.
The views were recorded in an analysis of the early impact of housing benefit reforms on both landlords and tenants.
The survey of claimants - which included 1,910 face-to-face interviews - were undertaken in autumn 2011, several months after the measures had been introduced for new claimant...
