Housing Benefit Element of Universal Credit
LocoLoco
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Hi all,
It seems our area will be switching over to Universal Credit sometime next summer so I'm just trying to get my ducks in a row before it happens. As it's now one payment, does anyone know if that means I will be paid the Housing Benefit element of it or will they carry on paying that to the Housing Association and pay me the remainder?
Many thanks in advance
It seems our area will be switching over to Universal Credit sometime next summer so I'm just trying to get my ducks in a row before it happens. As it's now one payment, does anyone know if that means I will be paid the Housing Benefit element of it or will they carry on paying that to the Housing Association and pay me the remainder?
Many thanks in advance
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It depends if you request it be paid to your landlord or not.0
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The letter I received today says no, you are responsible for paying it to your landlord XThe £1,000 emergency fund challenge #163 - £536.16/£10000
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Thank you for such a quick reply, that's helpful, I didn't realise I could choose
You can't. They'll only pay the landlord directly if you're in arrears or if there is evidence that you are unable to manage your payments, for instance due to a learning disability or having reduced capacity.0 -
UC is paid to the clm't & they then pay their rent0
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Just because your area is going 'live; doesn't mean you'll be instantly 'migrated' to UC, it might be several years before you are 'naturally migrated' o,r more likely, your circumstances change and you are 'naturally migrated'.0
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Morning, everyone, thanks for all of the responses, I was wanting to work out the best way to avoid arrears and whether it was better to pay more to the Housing Association in advance to build up credit on my account or to save the money myself and then just take over paying the rent (it's currently paid direct to the HA but prior to that I've always paid it so it's not a problem either way). With all of that said, if, as konark says, it might be a long time before we switch anyway (I didn't know that, I thought it would be happening within a few months of going live) then I might not be claiming by then anyway (fingers crossed) so it might not even become an issue.
Many thanks for the responses, it's been a big help0
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