Housing associations call on DWP to answer 'big questions' on supported housing

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The National Housing Federation (NHF) is calling on the Government to answer the “big questions” on the future of housing benefit for supported housing following the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) announcement that additional housing costs for ‘exempt accommodation’, will be managed outside Universal Credit when it's introduced next year. The DWP has clarified that in the short-term, there will be an interim system that is broadly similar to current arrangeme...

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