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News, views, comments and information for landlords and tenants on housing benefits and other welfare benefits
Social Landlord Support Pack
01 August, 2016
Getting social tenants ready for direct payment of housing costs
Bedroom Tax Toolkit
20 February, 2014
Coast and Country Housing Association Bedroom Tax appeal toolkit
Universal Credit rollout
18 November, 2013
Further details of the rollout schedule are now available with Rugby and Inverness the next areas to take Universal Credit claims from 25 November
Testing DWP's assessment of the impact of the social rented sector size criterion on Housing Benefit costs and other factors
15 October, 2013
Research questions bedroom tax's ability to make savings - The government may have significantly over-estimated the savings likely to be generated by the bedroom tax
Discretionary Housing Payments: your rights explained
04 September, 2013
Disability Rights UK Factsheet
Universal credit fears revealed through Citizens Advice survey
08 July, 2013
Survey conducted by charity suggests 90% of benefit claimants will be unprepared for new single payment benefits scheme
Lone parents receiving Jobseeker's Allowance: claimant count
29 May, 2013
A breakdown of the headline count to show recipient numbers at the end of May 2013, following the roll out of Lone Parent Obligations
CLG pulls out of mobility scheme
26 April, 2013
The Communities and Local Government department has decided not to fund a new national mobility scheme for social housing tenants
Impact of Welfare Reform on Social Landlords in the South-West
28 March, 2013
A new study has revealed that 56 percent of housing associations and almost 30 percent of councils are worried that their tenants still know hardly anything about the welfare changes
The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) toolkit for support organisations
12 March, 2013
DWP Toolkit - information to individuals and organisations that support DLA claimants. It equips you to offer advice on PIP or direct claimants to other sources of help
New bedroom tax figures show local impact
05 March, 2013
New figures estimating the numbers of people hit by the bedroom tax at constituency level have been released by the National Housing Federation
Rent arrears could rocket over 50% under new welfare plans
24 January, 2013
A million people living in social housing could struggle with their rent and end up in debt as a result of the Government's welfare shakeup, warns the NHF
The Financial Implications of Welfare Reform for Social Housing Landlords
04 December, 2012
The viability of dozens of housing associations is at risk from the financial impact of welfare reform - report from PHHS
Government claim that universal credit will always make work pay for single parents is at risk of failure, new research shows
13 November, 2012
Universal credit will fail to provide all working single parent families with a route out of poverty, and act as a disincentive to work longer hours for some
Fortnightly payments to stay under universal credit
11 September, 2012
Benefits will continue to be paid fortnightly under the government's welfare reforms if recipients are unable to manage monthly budgeting
Frequently Asked Questions - Welfare Reform
30 August, 2012
Policy and practice officer, David Pipe, gives you the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about tenancy reform
LIN Press release - DWP model documents
01 August, 2012
Support for Housing Benefit claimants to meet any rent shortfall - model documents
Social Security Advisory Committee's call for evidence on the Universal Credit regulations
01 August, 2012
Crisis response to the SSAC consultation on Universal Credit
Social Security Advisory Committee's call for evidence on the Universal Credit regulations
31 July, 2012
NHF response to the SSAC: Universal Credit and related regulations
Social Security Advisory Committee's call for evidence on the Universal Credit regulations
31 July, 2012
CIH response response to the SSAC: Universal Credit and related regulations
LIN press release - HB Direct and Service charges
24 July, 2012
Information on Housing Benefit Direct and Service Charges under Universal Credit
DWP to close bedroom tax loophole
12 July, 2012
The Department for Work and Pensions has pledged to close a loophole which would have inadvertently exempted long-term housing association tenants from the bedroom tax
New Housing Benefit Regulations (Under-occupation)
30 April, 2012
Read how the draft regulations which govern how the size criteria, also known as the bedroom tax, will be applied. Explanatory cover note by DWP
Discretionary Housing Payments data 2025/11
13 September, 2011
Discretionary Housing Payments data for the year 2025/11 by local authority, their allocation and the proportion actually used by the LA
Top tips for landlords: Assured shorthold tenancies
03 September, 2011
These tips are for landlords who have let or who intend to let a property on an assured shorthold tenancy
Top tips for tenants: Assured shorthold tenancies
03 September, 2011
These tips are for people who are or who are thinking of becoming an assured shorthold tenant
Direct payment of Housing Benefit to a landlord April 2011
24 May, 2011
New Guidance on Direct Payments where the Landlord is prepared to reduce the rent
Disclosure Consent Form
24 May, 2011
Form authorising a landlord to discuss a tenants claim for HB with the housing benefit department
Housing Benefit - Local Housing Allowance private rented sector
01 April, 2011
LHA Information Leaflet