If it is discrimination to say no benefits

There's a major shortage of affordable housing. Landlords don't need to take the risk of benefits tenants to get their money. It is a business at the end of the day, they will be looking at maximum income for minimum risk, as with any other business.

Benefits can be lost at a review as we see regularly on here, they are not guaranteed. A working person could lose a job, but they're likely to find another based on skill, ability and experience. If we lose benefits, we have no other way to make money, just have to go through a long appeals process to try an get them reinstated.

I've been repeatedly refused for years due to benefits, but I really can't blame the landlords. There is no particular reason for them to want me as a tenant. The real problem is the lack of social housing, and all the council houses that were sold off. If councils/government owned more property to let to benefits tenants, we would be in a much better position now.

Some landlords have mortgages the terms of which don't allow renting to those on benefits.

I don't know why that is.