History
Housing benefit was transferred from the Department of Social Security to local authorities in 1982. This was to coincide with increasing deregulation of the private sector rental market as it was felt at the time that local authorities would have a better understanding of local rental market conditions than the DWP. Its full transfer took place in 1989 as part of a major reform of social security legislation which also saw the introduction of Income Support.
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