Charities have warned the proposed universal credit system could result in families losing all their benefit payments while one component is re-calculated if a family’s circumstances changed. Carers UK told the work and pensions select committee a family might lose its housing benefit while another part of the overall payment was being calculated. Family Action said the government should keep the conditions on which each benefit is paid ‘separate within the system’. The Building and Social Housing Foundation, also warned a move from paying housing benefit through councils to a national system would mean there was a loss of local knowledge when it came to claims from Gypsy and Traveller groups and hostel residents. Read more on Inside Housing.
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