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Housing Rights recently assisted a couple who were transferring between social tenancies and stood to be negatively impacted by the Social Sector Size Criteria. Housing Rights helped to ensure that the couple made their move without experiencing financial loss.
The Prime Minister has announced that the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap will not be applied to social housing.
In Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday 25th October, the Prime Minister announced that the capping of social rents at the LHA rate will be scrapped:
Regulations converting Support for Mortgage Interest to a loan have recently been passed. We take a look at how the new payments of SMI will operate for claimants.
Loans for mortgage interest
All payments of SMI made on or after 6th April 2018 will take the form of a loan.
According to HomeLet rental index for September 2017, the average rents in Northern Ireland have increased at double the UK rate over the past 12 months.
The survey shows the average rent in Northern Ireland in September 2017 rose 4.3% to £636, from £610 in September 2016.
Housing Rights Policy and Practice Officer, Sarah Corrigan, is concerned by the news.
Housing Rights has responded to the Prisons’ Service “Prisons 2020” discussion document, which aims to “provide an efficient, effective, modern and affordable service which is focused on the development of staff and capable of rehabilitating people in custody.”
Homelessness is experienced differently by young people than by adults: the causes and conditions are different, so the responses and solutions must also be different.
Universal Credit claimants will typically wait six weeks before receiving their first payment. While those who have applied immediately after leaving employment may be able to sustain themselves during this six-week period with their final payment of wages.
