Housing costs

Here are the most recent Welfare Rights Bulletin articles relating to housing costs

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 -

CPAG’s bestselling, easy-to-follow Universal Credit: What You Need to Know 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 (including the housing costs element), how to calculate earnings, the ‘two-child limit’, the work-related requirements and sanctions.

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