Housing costs

Release 19.0

Online tools

•Date from which universal credit housing costs should be awarded when DWP not notifed about them at beginning of claim: mandatory reconsideration

•Universal credit housing costs where joint tenant has moved out - mandatory reconsideration

Articles

Here are the most recent articles relating to housing costs, including articles from our Welfare Rights Bulletin -

•Housing benefit suspensions (October 2019)

Publications

Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook

The Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook is CPAG’s definitive guide to the social security system.

The handbook is available both in print and online

Here are links to key chapters of the online handbook relating to housing costs -

Chapter 6: The housing costs element

Chapter 10: Housing benefit

Chapter 17: Applicable amounts

Chapter 18: help with ground rent, service charges and other housing costs

Chapter 19: Housing benefit rent restrictions

 

Universal Credit: What You Need to Know 6th Edition

CPAG’s bestselling, easy-to-follow What You Need to Know guide includes all the latest rules, including its introduction and how people will be migrated from the old means-tested benefits, how to work out the amount of benefit, how to calculate earnings, the ‘two-child limit’, the work-related requirements and sanctions.

Universal Credit: What You Need to Know

Training Courses

CPAG’s experience in the welfare rights field is unrivalled. Our rights handbooks are the definitive guides for those working in advice, support and advocacy nationwide.

We have used this experience and expertise to inform and design the courses in our programme and we make sure our trainers have an equal level of expertise.

We have a range of courses on benefits for migrants to suit advisers with all levels of experience.

Here’s a link to what’s coming up

CPAG training courses on housing costs