Guide discussion: Universal credit

poppy12345

1mullers1 said:

I am writing this on behalf of a good friend who has just been told that she  was granted rent  support in error at the start of the lock down!
Prior to lock down she was a self employed carer for the elderly. However, being an asthma  sufferer and long standing  heart arrhythmia  she self isolated as she was advised that she was an at-risk case, She applied to UC and received rent support together with council tax and also received food parcels. Last week she received a letter from UC saying that they had granted her rent support in error and that she would have to repay all the rent  she received totalling £5000. she is now desperate as to what to do as she has no way of repaying this back. Every penny she received was paid to her landlord  but now she is in a position of not knowing where to turn. Please can you advise if this is right what UC have done

Please start your own thread. This thread is 8 pages long and it gets very confusing. Before starting that thread more information is needed to be able to advise.. what have DWP given as the reason for the overpayment?