Housing Benefit – Parliamentary Written Answer

Alex Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the availability of shared accommodation for single people under 35 in receipt of the shared accommodation rate of housing benefit.  

Steve Webb: No assessment has been made of the availability of shared accommodation for single people under 35. However the Department has commissioned a major independent evaluation of the changes to local housing allowance, including the impacts on single people under 35. The interim report was published last year and can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monitoring-the-impact-of-changes-to-the-local-housing-allowance-system-of-housing-benefit-interim-report-rr-838

The final report from the evaluation is due to be published in the summer.