DWP Urged To Option Direct Universal Credit Payments To Landlords

An All Party Parliamentary Group says every Universal Credit (UC) tenant should have the option of direct payments to their landlord from the start of the claim. For claimants with a history of rent arrears or debt, direct payments should be by default to ensure they are able to secure a tenancy, the Group says. In the resulting report, the Group urges the DWP  to inform landlords of this system in order to avoid people unnecessarily falling into rent arrears, and do “all that it can” to facilitate separate payments in Scotland, as agreed by the Scottish government, so that the Department can learn from their experience in developing its own policy. Read more on 24housing.

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