Posted 22.11.16
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The Government has launched its consultation on proposals for the local system to fund supported and sheltered housing.
The consultation will run until 13 February 2017 and follows September's announcement by the Government regarding the future system for supported housing.
A Green Paper on the detailed arrangements for the local top-up model and approach to short-term accommodation is expected in the spring.
The new system proposes that from 2019 tenants and residents in supported and sheltered housing will be entitled to claim housing costs through the benefits system up to the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) level.
The local authority can then pay a top-up to meet any difference between the LHA rate and the cost of the scheme.
