Rental Health: Housing benefits frozen as rents rise
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Felicity Hannah starts a week of BBC coverage on the theme of Rental Health. For Money Box she examines the 3 year freeze in Local Housing Allowance (the portion of Universal Credit designed to cover housing) is leaving some on low incomes struggling to afford rental properties.
Also on this episode as NatWest become the latest bank to impose restrictions on how much their customers can spend on crypto platforms and exchanges we ask if it’s ever a good idea to invest in this area.
And we'll have advice for you if you've lost money through a push payment scam.
Presenter: Felicity Hannah Reporter: Dan Whitworth Researcher: Sandra Hardial Editor: Clare Worden
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| 0:00.0 | You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
| 0:11.2 | I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects, |
| 0:16.0 | relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life. |
| 0:22.4 | So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature, |
| 0:28.3 | and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you. |
| 0:33.6 | So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.5 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:43.2 | Hello, welcome to this Moneybox podcast. How would you feel if your bank said you couldn't spend your money where you liked? |
| 0:50.1 | Well, yet another bank has done just that, but only with cryptocurrencies as it tries to stop |
| 0:55.3 | fraud. |
| 0:56.3 | Then, if you're struggling with debt, will a consolidation loan help you, or will it make |
| 1:00.8 | the situation worse? |
| 1:02.7 | And we'll reveal where we'll be broadcasting from when we take Moneybox on the road next week. |
| 1:08.2 | But can you guess where it is? |
| 1:09.2 | Well, let's say you're in a city that's got a castle and also a cathedral. |
| 1:14.5 | You've also got a Russian art gallery. |
| 1:16.8 | Cathedral? Hill. Sausages. I would say the imp. |
| 1:20.9 | It's a mascot, isn't it? There's also swans. Lots of swans. |
| 1:24.4 | The cathedral. The city is really nice. and one more things are like is the university. |
| 1:30.6 | Well, send your guesses in. There is no prize for the right answer. You just get an approving |
| 1:35.2 | nod. And if you don't guess it, we will let you know exactly where money box is off to before the |
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