At a meeting of the Great Yarmouth branch of the Eastern
Landlords Association last month, members said they would not take on new
tenants in the process of making a claim for Universal Credit. Chairman of the
association, Paul Cunningham, said some claimants were waiting ten to 12 weeks
for their first payment, forcing them to go into arrears. He also said there
have been a number of evictions solely down to Universal Credit issues. He
added: “The introduction of Universal Credit in Great Yarmouth last April has
proved to be disastrous with landlords now refusing to take any such claimants
and evictions rising due to arrears caused by the system.” Read more on the Great Yarmouth Mercury
website.
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