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Universal credit – call for report into arrears
Lord David Freud has commissioned an “urgent” review into the high rate of rent arrears owed by Universal Credit claimants. The welfare reform minister…
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Universal Credit roll out delayed for another year
The roll-out of Universal Credit has been delayed by a further year, the new work and pensions secretary has announced. Damian Green said the…
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Arrears rise due to bedroom tax
The proportion of social housing tenants with rent arrears spiked following the introduction of the bedroom tax, new data reveals. According to Inside Housing:…
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Can LHA be avoided by leasing suported housing?
Associations could lessen the impact of the government’s ‘Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap’ by leasing their supported housing to a non-registered subsidiary. Sector experts,…
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121 LA had to top up discretionary payments to prevent poverty
English councils with tenants hit hardest by welfare cuts are turning down one in five applicants for a hardship fund. Councils receive a share…
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Report launched following 33 Universal Credit trials
Trials overall took very different approaches to the design, delivery and management of their trials, and adapted their models during live running in response…
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Resident Involvement conference in Blackpool 2016
Here are the presentations from this years conference: http://docs.northern-consortium.org.uk/uncategorised/1024-resident-involvement/…
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3 of 4 Universal Credit claimers are in arrears
Social housing representative bodies are calling on the government to review Universal Credit as new research finds more than three-quarters of tenants are in…
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NHF consults on supported housing
The National Housing Federation (NHF) has asked housing associations if the resources of councils and government departments should be pooled to fund some care…
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DWP will change Universal Credit procedures
The government has pledged to improve Universal Credit procedures this summer, following concerns from social landlords that they are frequently not informed that their…
