Thursday, 29 August 2019

Research Reveals Extent Of PRS Universal Credit Arrears


Research reveals over half (54%) of PRS landlords letting to tenants on Universal Credit (UC) in the past 12 months have seen them fall into rent arrears. Of these, 82% said that the arrears only began after a new claim for UC or after a tenant had been moved to UC from housing benefit. Overall, 68% of landlords told the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) said that there was a shortfall between the cost of rent and the amount paid in UC. Read more on 24housing.

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