Councils are having to dig deeper into their
Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) funds to help residents affected by welfare
reforms and homelessness. Inside Housing contacted councils in areas where the
Universal Credit full service has been rolled out to ascertain how the major
welfare reform alongside the lower benefit cap is impacting councils’ DHP
budgets. Twenty councils responded, with 19 reporting they had spent more at
this point in the year compared with the same timeframe in 2016/17. The DWP
made £16.5m extra DHP funding available this year to cover the increased cost
of helping people hit by the lower benefit cap.
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