Posted 06.03.17
Department For Work And Pensions: Statutory Instrument
The Universal Credit (Housing Costs Element for claimants aged 18 to 21) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 were laid before Parliament on 3rd March.
As a consequence, from 1 April 2017 new single claimants aged 18 to 21 will not be entitled to the housing element of universal credit, unless they fall into certain categories.
There are some exceptions, which include:
Homelessness charities warned that to prove such potential harm would be so difficult that many young people would instead opt to sleep rough or sleep on friends' sofas instead.
The National Landlords Association (NLA) said one effect would be to deter most of its members from housing young tenants on benefits.
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Posted 02.03.17
Northern Housing Consortium (NHC): Article link
The NHC has released its Northern Housing Impact of Universal Credit Round 3 report. This is the third in a series of four reports and builds upon the results of the first two, covering the period March-July (all three of which can be accessed from the NHC's website via the above link).
The research investigates how the implementation and continuing rollout of Universal Credit is affecting housing organisations in the North.
From trend data, comparisons are made in this latest report with the findings of the previous reports.
The latest report also draws comparisons between the full survey results with the returned data from North West respondents to ascertain whether having worked with the Universal Credit system longer has an effect on respondents' experiences of the system.