Housing Benefit: Supported Housing and Temporary Accommodation
Commons · Question 5480 · Tabled 11 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Julia Buckley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for housing support on incentives to seek employment for people in (a) temporary and (b) supported accommodation.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 10 Oct 2024
The Department acknowledges the challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing Benefit for those working and living in supported housing as the two systems were never intended to run alongside one another. The income taper in ...