Housing Benefit: Landlords
Commons · Question 9258 · Tabled 11 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the total value of Housing Benefit payments made for services that were either never provided or were billed above the actual cost incurred by the landlord in th
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 19 Jun 2026
Housing costs support is available in Housing Benefit or Universal Credit to those who have a liability to pay rent and eligible service charges for the home they live in. The verification process is designed to establish the costs that the claimant has a...