Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 5480
Housing Benefit: Supported Housing and Temporary Accommodation
Tabled: 11 September 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024
Question
Julia Buckley
Labour — Shrewsbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for housing support on incentives to seek employment for people in (a) temporary and (b) supported accommodation.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Department acknowledges the challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing Benefit for those working and living in supported housing as the two systems were never intended to run alongside one another. The income taper in ...
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