The DWP is stepping up its efforts to keep tenant arrears
down under universal credit (UC) including, it seems, by paying the rent
itself. In recent months, the DWP has
been working closely with housing providers and the NHF to ensure rent payments
are safeguarded under the new benefits system, which is currently being rolled
out across the country. But according to the Labour MP Frank Field these
'safeguards' have been taken one step further. Field claims he has seen
official figures from the DWP that show the department is making payments
direct to landlords for more than half the 70 participants in a 'pathfinder'
pilot. Average rent arrears for those in the pilot are said to have doubled to
£942. Field said the move was particularly worrying because the pilots have
involved only single people and couples with relatively straightforward
circumstances. Read more on 24dash.
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