Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Local Housing Allowance: Monitoring the Impact of Changes

Final reports evaluating the changes to the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) system of Housing Benefit (HB) from April 2011 have been published by the DWP.  There is a summary report and 4 technical reports containing findings from a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research:
·         a follow-up survey and interviews with landlords and focus groups with housing and benefits advisers
·         an econometric analysis of administrative data on HB claims assessed under the LHA rules to estimate the impact of the changes on existing HB claimants assessed under those rules
·         a follow-up survey and interviews with affected claimants
·         an analysis of the impact of the LHA changes on HB claims at local authority district level between January 2010 and August 2013

Download the reports from the GovUK website.

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