Council tenants on Universal Credit are 16 times more
likely to abandon their tenancies and three times more likely to be evicted
than those receiving housing benefit, a new report has indicated. A survey of
local authority landlords by the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH)
and the National Federation of ALMOs (NFA) also revealed that the new welfare
system is costing councils hundreds of thousands of pounds in extra housing
management spending. It showed that two-thirds (67%) of council tenants
receiving Universal Credit are currently in rent arrears, owing an average of
£564 – equivalent to seven weeks’ rent. In comparison, 21% of households on
housing benefit are in arrears, owing £221. Download the report from the ARCH
website.
John Judge obituary
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As chief quantity surveyor at Manchester city council, my father, John
Judge, who has died aged 91, was part of a team that led the city’s
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