Affordable rent through a housing association - universal credit help.

funkypophello

Hi all. Writing on behalf of mum. 

We’re currently in a social housing rented place which is roughly £450 per month. We are moving as it’s a very long story but our mental health is deteriorating living here.

We’re moving to a different borough two hours away from our current place into an affordable rented house through a house and association. The rent for this new flat is almost double what we pay here. My mum is on benefits she gets pip and universal credit which covers the housing costs here. We are wondering if universal credit will cover the full affordable rent in our new flats? 

We spoke to citizens advice who basically questioned whether universal credit have agreed to pay our housing costs which I found very strange as universal credit help with Housing cost regardless and my mum is on pip and gets some mobility and daily living element but I think people are confused when it comes to the affordable rent side of things because it is still through a housing association and we get repairs done through them et cetera et cetera it’s just a higher rent than social rent

Please could somebody kindly advise on this situation and give us some advice as we just want to make sure we are making the correct decision and we want to make sure that even though we are moving out of choice to a more expensive area and more expensive property that it will still be covered by universal credit

Bookworm105

you should ask this question on the benefits board where you are more likely to get a reply from people who understand benefits 

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funkypophello

Bookworm105 said:

you should ask this question on the benefits board where you are more likely to get a reply from people who understand benefits 

Benefits & tax credits — MoneySavingExpert Forum

Ah thank you! Sorry new to this