Four housing providers, Riverside, YMCA, St Mungo’s and Salvation Army, commissioned Policy in Practice to analyse how residents are impacted by Universal Credit, and identify improvements. Download Universal Credit and Supported Housing report here.
Supported housing: analysis shows rents are 77% more than LHA rate
Policy in Practice analysis reveals that rent in one outer London Borough is 177% of the LHA rate; the funding shortfall must be met by councils.