DWP figures show that 53,000 households had their housing
benefit capped at November 2018. The figures are said to be having a ‘profound impact on
people’s lives’, with 74% (39,000) of households being that of single-parent
families, and 76% of those (29,000) having at least one child aged under five. Further
analysis showed that families could be missing out on ‘vital’ funding designed
to help soften the impact of the cap. Councils in England were allocated almost
£53m in Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) from central government in
2017-18 to support people affected by the benefit cap but only £37m was spent,
with 242 out of 274 councils failing to spend all their allocation. Read more
on 24housing.
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