Hello my husband and I are trying to find a property to rent. Does anyone know if me receiving ESA payments counts as DSS? We get no housing benefit or council tax reductions the only thing I get is the ESA. My husband is in full time employment and would be the one paying the rent so would we still count as DSS. It seems that it is very difficult to find properties that don't state "no DSS" but there must be other people out there that get some kind of benefit but need to rent. It seems a bit like discrimination to me. Just because you get a benefit does not make you a wrongun, we've always been excellent tenants and never missed any payments. If anyone could shed some light on the matter I would appreciate it, basically does my ESA payment count as DSS? Thank you
Kind regards
Agnes