Welfare reform minister Lord Freud has confirmed that the lower rate for shared accommodation rent will now apply to single people aged between 25 and 35 from January 2012, instead of from April that year. According to the housing charity Shelter, some 88,000 people will be affected. Lord Freud told the House of Commons: "The Government announced in last October’s Comprehensive Spending Review that it would extend the Housing Benefit shared accommodation rate to people under the age of 35 from 2012. By introducing the shared accommodation rate changes slightly earlier, this will bring the timing of the shared accommodation rate change more closely into line with the local housing allowance reforms for existing customers. It will ensure that single people aged 25 to 34 reaching the end of their transitional protection period will experience at that point a single reduction in their Housing Benefit, rather than two separate reductions.” Read more on 24dash.
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