Exempt supported accommodation “won’t be roped into Universal Credit", Lord Freud has said.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) consultation on proposed changes to housing benefit in supported housing closed last October and it is yet to respond.
Charities and support providers had feared supported housing allowance would be included in the Universal Credit system, which will see claimants receive benefits directly and where concerns have been raised about service charge eligibility and whether the draft regulations reflect the sheer range of service charge setting and collectio...
