Social Security Benefits: Social Rented Housing
Commons · Question 60315 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, regarding Housing Benefit, if she will make it her policy to commit a portion of benefit funding into social housing.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 24 Jun 2025
Housing support is delivered through Housing Benefit (HB) and the Housing Element of Universal Credit (UCHE). These are means tested benefits intended to help people pay their rental costs, including around two-thirds of households living in the social re...