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# LGBT+ people needed to help with research on housing benefit cuts
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/lgbt-people-need-to-help-with-research-on-housing-benefit-cuts/
- Published: 2017-03-18T15:32:44.000Z
- Updated: 2017-03-18T15:42:46.000Z
- Description: University of Southampton researcher looks at the impact of cuts to housing benefit in the private rental sector on LGBT+ people.
- Author: Besi
- Tags: In The South, News

![Dr Iliana Ortega-Alcázar](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web-400-2.jpg)

Dr Iliana Ortega-Alcázar

## University of Southampton researcher looks at the impact of cuts to housing benefit in the private rental sector on LGBT+ people.

**Dr Iliana Ortega-Alcázar**, Research Fellow in Geography and Environment at the University of Southampton is focussing on the *Shared Accommodation Rate*, a policy that affects single people between 18 to 35.

Since 2012 single people under 35 can only claim housing benefit at the rate of a room in a shared house as opposed to the rate of a self-contained property.

The project is seeking to understand the effects this policy change has had on *‘protected groups’* as defined under the 2010 Equalities Act (women, ethnic minorities, LGBT+ people, and people with disabilities).

The researchers are presently conducting in-depth interviews to assess the impact this policy has had on their daily lives and their ability to access safe and secure accommodation.

**For further information about the research, [click here:](http://www.lhacuts.uk/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**