Benefit claimants absent from their home due to long-term hospital care will only be eligible for six months of housing benefit and not a year, under the draft Universal Credit regulations published earlier this month.
Universal Credit, which comes into force next October, replaces six of the main means-tested benefits and tax credits with a single monthly payment paid directly to the claimant.
Currently, under special circumstances housing benefit can be payable while you are away from home f...
