Benefits Rules: Supported Housing
Commons · Question 70444 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 5 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of benefit rules on the risk of supported housing residents who increase their working hours being in rent arrears.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 5 Sep 2025
It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...