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Your monthly Universal Credit payment may decrease soon if you are self-employed. This is a result of the reintroduction of the minimum income floor and the gainful self-employment tests.
Universal Credit staff can start to apply the "minimum income floor" to any person it believes to be in gainful self-employment from August 2021.
This change could cause a big reduction in income for certain people. You should speak to your work coach urgently if
The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on all our lives. As well as health concerns, many have been struggling with financial issues. It's important that people claim any financial help they can. The Make the Call service can help to identify benefits and entitlements you may be able to claim.
The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on all our lives. As well as health concerns, many have been struggling with financial issues. The option to apply for a mortgage holiday has now ended. Instead, lenders should offer "tailored support" to any mortgage holder struggling to pay.
Regulations have been laid which extend emergency measures to increase the amount of notice which must be given to private tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the past year, a local charity has seen a 2.5 fold increase in the number of people seeking help because their landlord is selling their home.
Housing Rights advice manager Brenda Parker stressed the importance of private renters understanding their rights, and not feeling pressured to move early just because the property is for sale.
New regulations have been laid which will amend the income assessment rules for rates relief. The Rate Relief (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 are in response to the COVID-19 crisis, and the explanatory memorandum makes reference to a wider "ongoing policy development" of the rates relief scheme. The new regulations will come into effect on 4 January 2021.
Our advisers have noted an increase in the number of people contacting us for help because their home is being sold by their private landlord.
We’ve already received as many calls about this issue in the first 9 days of December than we had during the whole of March, April and May of this year.It’s important that tenants know what their rights are if their landlord decides to sell their home, and know how to get advice and help if they do need to move.