Direct Payments Pilot: 'Welfare Reforms Could Cost Us £10m a Year’

One of the housing associations taking part in the Department for Work and Pensions’ Direct Payment demonstration projects says the Government’s welfare reforms could end up costing it £10million a year.  Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) has seen rent arrears shoot up by nine percent since it began trialling direct payments. WDH estimates that the combined effect of the Government’s welfare changes could wipe £300 million from the organisation’s business plan.  Read more on 24dash.