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Universal Credit delivery has now been extended to another 6 Pathfinder sites and this process will incrementally progress to other districts, throughout the UK. The “claimant commitment” and associated “benefit sanctions” are already being rolled out to 20,000 Job Centres, creating major problems for both tenants and landlords alike because of sanctions…

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In recent months, landlords have expressed increasing concern over the introduction of Universal Credit but, argues Lord David Freud, the changes he’s promoting should actually make their lives easier. In an interview with Inside Housing he sends out a message to landlords – “Don’t be afraid”! http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/blogs/don%E2%80%99t-be-afraid/7002258.article

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DWP has just published a Landlords’ booklet, which adopts a Q & A format, designed to explain to Landlords all of the key issues in relation to Universal Credit.

Although the publication is new, most, if not all of the information, has previously been provided in documents like Landlords…

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DWP have just issued the latest statisitcs on the rollout of Universal Credit in the various Pathfinder sites. Almost all of the data applies to those sites in Ashton-under-lyne (first to go live) followed by Oldham, Warrington and Wigan. Six further sites are rolling out between…

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The Scottish Government yesterday released a bulletin, based on Discretionary Housing Payment spending (DHPs) in Scotland between 1st April and 30th November 2013. The bulletin provides information on the number of DHP applications, decisions and awards. It also gives the total value of DHP awards through to 30…

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The Chartered Institute of Housing’s in-house magazine “Inside Housing” recently reported on a scandal that’s been developing over the past year, in particular, caused by a mixture of DWP/Council maladministration and some of the welfare reform measures. http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/finance/‘unintended’-housing-benefit-cuts-hit-tenants/7001667.article

In the article, reference was made to:

“The number of…

Hi, As we start the new year, Universal Credit delivery is being extended to another 6 Pathfinder sites. The “claimant commitment” and associated “benefit sanctions” are being rolled out to all 20,000 Job Centres, and are already creating major problems for both tenants and landlords alike. Making benefit claims, using digital services,…

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The following article was published on 24 Dash.com.

Bill Irvine, of universal credit advice website www.ucadvice.co.uk, analyses the latest UC demonstration project findings.

The six demonstration projects (DPs), set up nearly 20 months ago, to help determine how best to manage ‘direct payments’ or ‘landlord managed payments’ have just…

Hi, In recent weeks there has been much debate on welfare rights discussion forums about a potential “Bedroom Tax” loophole affecting tenancies created before 1st January 1996. Apparently, the case for challenge was first identified by a first-tier tribunal judge and has since been applied in other cases. DWP has…

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In a bulletin to “stakeholder members” prompted by the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, the DWP have confirmed that the introduction of “Housing Credit” originally planned for October 2014 has been put “on hold” and will not be introduced until at least 2017/18. The announcement is not at all surprising as Ministers like…