The government has revealed the social landlords piloting
a scheme to stop vulnerable Universal Credit claimants falling into debt. The
DWP have released a list of councils and housing associations taking part in
the ‘Trusted Partner’ pilot, to allow ‘trusted’ social landlords to receive
vulnerable tenants’ benefit direct before they fall into arrears. Universal
Credit directs housing benefit towards the claimant. This has concerned housing
associations, which say that some vulnerable tenants will be unable to manage
their finances and fail to pay their rent. Under current Universal Credit
rules, landlords can apply to have the housing benefit directed straight to
them instead of the claimant, but by then the tenant has commonly fallen into
arrears of eight weeks or more. Read more on Inside Housing.
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