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Benefit cap changes
This is a useful briefing from CIH on what the change will mean and implementation: 408375_what-you-need-to-know-about-the-lower-overall-benefit-cap…
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Reduction on benfits cap hurts all sizes of households on benefits
How much is the cap? The benefit cap was reduced from 7 November 2016. The total amount a couple or a single parent can…
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Universal credit for landlords
Many social landlords are still dealing with relatively small universal credit (UC) caseloads, and so their understanding and methods of working with it are…
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Research into impact of benefit cap change
New research by CIH has shown the new benefit cap could hit 116,000 families across Great Britain. CIH analysis of the impact of the…
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Trusted Partner landlord pilots for Universal Credit direct payment
The government has revealed the social landlords piloting a scheme to stop vulnerable Universal Credit claimants falling into debt. Damian Hinds, a minister at…
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26,000 tenants will be hit by welfare reform proposals
Up to 26,000 new general needs tenants a year would be hit by a proposed welfare cut if current allocations trends continue, National Housing…
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Latest on LHA freeze for supported housing
The Government has announced an exemption from the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap for those tenants living in hostels and supported housing but is…
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Tenants on Housing benefit and under 35 are hard to house
The application of the ‘Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap’ to social tenancies, which among other things severely restricts the amount of housing benefit that…
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Universal credit roll out – latest
Universal credit is a new benefit which will combine and replace six existing benefits including housing benefit, as well as working and child tax…
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Invest to save – work and health programme
This report looks at the potential effectiveness and value of taking an ‘invest to save’ approach to the new Work and Health Programme. Here…
