People on benefits are being told by housing associations
to make extra rent payments in advance from now on, to avoid ending up in
financial difficulties and then in court once they are transferred to the new
system of universal credit. The
instructions to people on housing benefit, which are causing alarm among
tenants and charities, reflect concern among housing providers that people will
default on payments when they have to pay rent themselves, a month in advance,
under the new system. The Town and
Country housing association, which provides 9,000 affordable homes in 22 local
authority areas has told its tenants who receive housing benefit to hand over
£14.60 extra a month until they are a month in credit, so they can meet the
first rent payment once they are on universal credit. If they do not, their
tenancies could be in doubt. Read more on the Observer website.
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