Rent arrears among housing association tenants in England could rise by £330m after the switchover from legacy benefits to Universal Credit is complete, the National Housing Federation (NHF) has warned. A survey of housing associations found that the number of tenants claiming Universal Credit for help with their rent costs increased by 83% between June 2019 and September 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The increase means households claiming Universal Credit accounted for 28% of all occupied general needs homes owned by housing associations as of September last year. Of these, 60% had fallen behind on rent compared with 36% paying by other means including housing benefit. Read more on Inside Housing.
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