Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
Commons · Question 19859 · Tabled 12 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment has she made of the potential impact of the under occupancy charge on rates of poverty.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 20 Dec 2024
The Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS), sometimes referred to as the underoccupancy charge, applies to claims for housing support - either Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit - where the claimant is living in the social rented...