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DWP has published the latest version of its application form (UC47) designed to assist landlords secure payment of the housing element, rather than it being paid to their tenant. The updated form can be found by clicking the link and should be used immediately. Failure to use the correct…

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Our 30th July bulletin http://universalcreditadvice.com/housing-associations/2016/07/universal-credit—how-to-pursue-queries-complaints explained how you could raise queries and make complaints to DWP, concerning Universal Credit administration processes, where problems of delays or non-payment of Landlord Managed Payments (LMPs) or Third Party Payments (collectively known as APAs) occur. We continue to press DWP hierarchy to improve the…

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Inside Housing reported the other day comments made by Marcus Jones, Minister at DCLG, suggesting we won’t have much longer to wait to discover the Government’s final blue-print in relation to Supported Accommodation funding. Apparently, he was speaking at a debate, focused on the Government’s original proposals to…

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DWP has just recently circulated Circular HB A8-2017 to all Local authorities administering Housing Benefits.

The purpose of the circular is to explain, to all Housing Benefit “Decision Makers”, that any emergency funds, paid to the victims (and dependants) of the recent terrorist attacks in London & Manchester should…

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Neil Couling, Director General, Universal Credit Programme, wrote to Local Authority Chief Executives, last week, to confirm the Universal Credit “Full Service” (UCFS) rollout will expand to 134 Jobcentre areas, between October and December 2017 (Important – read here). This will,…

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Landlords, social & private, are often left out of pocket when councils, completely out of the blue, decide to redirect Housing Benefit/Local Housing Allowance to tenants, even though, sometime in the recent past, it had concluded the award should be made direct to the landlord to prevent rent…

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The House of Commons research team has just published a very informative briefing paper, focused on the government’s proposals to cap the “eligible rents” in both Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (UC) to Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates from April 2019. You can read more, View Article

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DWP hierarchy have just issued an updated version of its “Universal Credit – Guidance for Landlords” which you’ll find in the following link http://www.parliament.uk/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/commons/2017-07-10/3962

Much of the information has already been circulated in earlier editions, however, I’ve identified below, some links, with new information, which should be…

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By October 2018, Universal Credit’s “Full” or “Digital” service will be operating throughout Great Britain. At the moment, only a few dozen areas have the full-blown version, which we all hoped would improve on the “limited” service it eventually will replace. Sadly, experience to date suggests the very opposite…

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By October 2018, Universal Credit’s “Full” or “Digital” service will be operating throughout Great Britain. Currently, only a few dozen areas have the full-blown version. Sadly, experience to date suggests the digital version is not yet fit for purpose, but the rollout continues and is gathering pace.

Landlords…