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ng new homes also takes time and time is not on the side of the million private renters who could risk being tipped into homelessness by the freeze on housing benefit whether a struggling family or a young person in low paid work the freeze is stripping away the help people desperately need to pay their rent we are urging the government to abandon the freeze on housing benefit in the autumn budget or risk making more people homeless 14 benefit freeze edit the joseph rowntree foundation jrf stated that in 2018 one in six pensioners was in poverty due to falling home ownership rising rents and the benefits freeze it is feared many pensioners will have to choose to pay for heating or buy food this winter not having enough money to get both this is because benefits are frozen below inflation for the third consecutive year pensioner poverty had halved during 20 years but started to rise in 2012 13 in 2016 17 16 of pensioners were in poverty reaching 31 for those in social housing and 36 for private renters campbell robb of the joseph rowntree foundation said for middle aged people who have been struggling over the past few years who don t have many savings and don t own their own home the prospect of being a pensioner is very challenging roughly 20 of pensioners rent their home and the proportion is rising the benefits freeze since 2016 increases to the problem robb added as rent goes up faster than housing benefit pensioners have a huge gap to fill this tips people into poverty and forces them to choose between food and heating the jrf urged the government to end the benefits freeze and build really affordable housing robb further stated these figures are part of a wider increase in poverty across all age groups if we don t tackle the causes now we fear that we are going to see poverty particularly among pensioners rise even more 15 due to the freeze housing benefit no longer covers rent and low income people risk being forced into poverty and homelessness matt downie of crisis stated this chartered institute of housing report highlights just how much housing benefits for private renters are falling short of the levels needed leaving many homeless people stuck in a desperate situation and putting yet more people at risk of homelessness 16 northern ireland edit in northern ireland tenants must apply to the northern ireland housing executive regardless of whether they rent from a private landlord from the nihe itself or from a housing association 17 pre tenancy determinations edit no dss advertisement for a house in bungay suffolk some private landlords will not rent property to claimants before the introduction of the local housing allowance the only way of finding out whether the benefit for the property would be restricted would have been to obtain a pre tenancy determination these had to be requested through the local authority and the rent service decision was treated by the local authority in the same way as any other referral to the rent service requests needed to be made by a prospective tenant and the landlord of the property if the circumstances of the individual claimant were broadly the same as that of the prospective tenant who made the request for the ptd the decision remained valid for a year delays in processing leading to no dss edit many larger councils suffered from delays in processing housing benefit claims delays of up to a year were reported 18 delays and rent restrictions were so endemic in the system that it became common to see classified advertisements for lettings stating no dss the then department of social security now called the department for work and pensions dwp it usually meant that the landlord was not willing to consider letting to a tenant who would be dependent on housing benefit to pay the rent performance of councils has improved after millions of pounds in public money were poured in to support the worst performing councils 19 the dwp requires councils to process claims within an average of thirty days from receipt to payment changes in the circumstances of claimants must be decided on within a target of twelve days after a review of performance indicators the dwp combined these targets into one indicator the right time indicator 20 very few councils are now reporting backlogs although the recession has seen an increase in case load which has resulted in the government granting local authorities an additional 45 million 21 for 2009 10 in order to ensure continued good performance in practice lettings agencies will usually obtain credit references on prospective tenants and once the tenants have moved in they are ambivalent as to whether tenants claim housing benefit or not as long as the rent is paid on time local housing allowance is designed to ensure that landlords do not have a reason to discriminate against tenants on housing benefit as in most cases there will be no need for a landlord to know that the tenant is on housing benefit and the tenant can know in advance if rent will be met in full some landlord organisations have raised concerns 22 about local housing allowance as they believe it has made rents more difficult to collect from those on housing benefit appeals edit this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed july 2020 learn how and when to remove this message the housing benefit decision and appeals regulations 2001 state that any person affected by a relevant decision can ask the council to revise its decision look at the decision again it also states that a person affected can appeal against the decision of a local authority to an independent appeal tribunal the first tier tribunal within one calendar month this means that every time a decision is made about housing benefit a decision notice must be sent notifying the person affected of the amount of housing and council tax benefit awarded overpayments underpayments and terminations discretionary housing payments edit discretionary housing payments are available to those who need further help to meet their housing costs to be eligible to claim for a dhp one must qualify for housing or council tax benefit at any rate the funds for dhps are cash limited the dwp publishes how much is available to for dhp funding to local authorities each year 23 changes to housing benefit in 2011 edit in the spending review of 20 october 2010 george osborne announced a series of changes to housing benefit from april 2011 claimants will only be able to claim a rent based on the 30th percentile of rent in their area previously 50th percentile the age at which most single people can claim for a self contained one bedroom flat rather than the shared room rate was increased to 35 years exceptions to this apply to some groups including care leavers aged under 22 some people who have a disability and over 25s who have spent at least three months living in hostel accommodation subject to meeting further conditions 24 the maximum payable under lha was also set to 400 per week or 20 800 per annum 25 these changes will mean significantly lower amounts of benefit will be paid especially in central london transitional protection will apply to existing claimants their eligible rent will be reduced based on the anniversary date of when they first made their claim for benefit the government has stated that the purpose of these reductions is to reduce the fiscal deficit and to increase the incentive for people to work the reduction in benefits will mean that some families will have to leave their existing homes and find cheaper ones families of people in work have been unable to pay their rent and have become homeless through the housing benefit freeze the cost of maintaining these families in bed and breakfast accommodation is far higher than the cost of paying the families a higher rate of housing benefit would be roger harding of shelter stated we have grave concerns that the current freeze on housing benefit is pushing hundreds of thousands of private renters perilously close to breaking point at a time when homelessness is rising for those hit by the freeze housing benefit is failing to bridge the widening gap between escalating private rents and incomes that simply can t keep up we re calling on the government to abandon the freeze in the short term or risk making more people homeless ultimately if the government wants to cut the welfare bill in the long term they should concentrate their efforts on building genuinely affordable homes that low earners can actually afford 26 housing benefit has been frozen for four years to 2018 while private sector rents have been rising this has caused hardship among poorer tenants who do not have enough money to heat their homes to buy food and also to pay their rent the chartered institute of housing has found terrie alafat of the cih said our research makes it clear just how far housing benefit for private renters has failed to keep pace with even the cheapest private rents we fear this policy is putting thousands of private renters on low incomes at risk of poverty and homelessness over 90 of local housing allowance rates throughout the uk now do not cover the cheapest 30 of homes in any area as they were originally intended to do the chartered institute of housing research shows in november 2017 over 30 homeless charities faith leaders and mps issued a letter to chancellor philip hammond urging him to lift housing benefit cap or a million households would face homelessness in the coming two years single people under 25 years old are specially vulnerable as they are only entitled to housing benefit covering a bedroom in a shared household and other benefits they can claim are lower matt downie of the housing charity crisis said this report highlights just how much housing benefits for private renters are falling short of the levels needed leaving many homeless people stuck in a desperate situation and putting yet more people at risk of homelessness 27 28 commercial exploitation edit in october 2022 home reit was established to invest in properties occupied by tenants who qualify for housing benefit payments 29 on 7 december 2022 a group of shareholders claimed the company had misled the market by investing in properties occupied by tenants who are not vulnerable and therefore would not qualify for housing benefit payments 30 31 the company denied the allegations 32 see also edit right to housing section 8 housing analogous u s program low income housing tax credit u s housing subsidy program for new construction and rehab notes edit social security contributions and benefits act 1992 section 130 accessed on 4 june 2025 the housing benefit regulations 2006 pdf legislation gov uk the housing benefit persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit regulations 2006 pdf legislation gov uk archived from the original pdf on 24 september 2006 1 2 3 lister sam ward martin 20 june 2013 guide to housing benefit and council tax rebates 2013 14 ashford colour press uk isbn 978 1 903595 94 7 housing benefit council tax benefit subsidy guidance manual 2013 14 pdf gov uk department for work and pensions retrieved 10 july 2014 hb ctb overpayments guide pdf gov uk department for work and pensions retrieved 10 july 2014 walker peter 3 march 2017 charities dismayed as housing benefit cut goes ahead the guardian issn 0261 3077 retrieved 3 october 2024 universal credit basingstoke and deane retrieved 28 june 2025 house of commons social security minutes of evidence thousands on 50p a week housing benefit panorama finds bbc news 5 april 2017 retrieved 3 october 2024 elgot jessica 24 august 2017 benefit cap blamed for 85 cut in new homes for vulnerable people the guardian issn 0261 3077 retrieved 3 october 2024 helm toby 21 october 2017 u turn on housing benefit cap for mentally ill and elderly the observer issn 0029 7712 retrieved 3 october 2024 conservative party risk demonising single parents with benefits cuts warns children s commissioner the independent 10 november 2018 retrieved 3 october 2024 helm toby 7 october 2017 hammond urged to scrap benefit cap as 1 million face homelessness the observer issn 0029 7712 retrieved 3 october 2024 courea eleni 9 december 2018 pensioner poverty rises as benefits freeze bites the observer issn 0029 7712 retrieved 3 october 2024 eichler william 29 august 2018 housing benefit freeze fuelling homelessness localgov www localgov co uk retrieved 3 october 2024 an introduction to housing benefit northern ireland housing executive retrieved 15 september 2012 crequer ngaio 27 january 1993 one year backlog on housing benefit claims the independent retrieved 10 april 2016 action team to help clear housing benefit backlogs communitycare 2 january 2001 cite web cs1 maint deprecated archival service link right time performance indicator faqs new claims department for work and pensions archived from the original on 28 january 2013 retrieved 10 april 2016 housing benefit and council tax benefit circular pdf archived from the original pdf on 14 june 2011 local housing allowance national landlords association archived from the original on 6 may 2008 retrieved 10 april 2016 housing benefit and council tax benefit circular pdf archived from the original pdf on 14 june 2011 shared accommodation rate for under 35s shelter england private eye issue 1332 p 9 helm toby 5 march 2017 benefit freeze leaves families facing steep rent rise or eviction shelter warns the observer issn 0029 7712 retrieved 3 october 2024 butler patrick 28 august 2018 low income tenants face heat eat or pay rent choices the guardian issn 0261 3077 retrieved 3 october 2024 bulman may 29 august 2018 poorer tenants face choice between heat eat or pay rent report warns the independent retrieved 3 october 2024 ipo of home reit plc bdo october 2020 retrieved 21 july 2022 group action launched against home reit egi radius 7 december 2022 retrieved 16 december 2022 home reit faces claims by investors over misleading social impact strategy investment week 7 december 2022 retrieved 16 december 2022 home reit board denies allegations of misleading shareholders investment week 12 december 2022 retrieved 16 december 2022 external links edit housing benefit advice from shelter details about benefits that one may be entitled to from the department for work and pensions guardian special report state benefits online benefits calculator calculates entitlement to means tested benefits and tax online benefits calculator calculates entitlement to means tested benefits and eligibility to some associated benefits benefits calculators for advisers housing benefit calculator v t e state benefits in the united kingdom current income assistance working age jobseeker s allowance jsa carer s allowance employment and support allowance flexible support fund fsf old age state pension pension credit disability relief 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