Thursday, 11 February 2021

DWP Abandons Universal Credit Rent Change ‘Bulk Uploads’

Ministers have abandoned plans to allow social landlords to update the DWP about changes to tenants’ rents in bulk after testing the system for 18 months. The ‘bulk upload’ system, intended to save providers the massive administrative task of verifying each tenants’ rent change individually, has been deemed unsuitable for deployment across the sector. Housing associations have said the news is “disappointing”. Read more on Inside Housing.

https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/dwp-abandons-universal-credit-rent-change-bulk-uploads-69441#:~:text=DWP%20abandons%20Universal%20Credit%20rent%20change%20'bulk%20uploads',-News05.02.21&text=The%20'bulk%20upload'%20system%2C,the%20news%20is%20%E2%80%9Cdisappointing%E2%80%9D

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