New rules from 5 October align Housing Benefit with Universal Credit for people in supported housing and temporary accommodation, ending a "cliff edge" in income.

New rules from 5 October align Housing Benefit with Universal Credit for people in supported housing and temporary accommodation, ending a "cliff edge" in income.
From 5 October 2026, 325,000+ people in supported and temporary housing can earn more before Housing Benefit falls. For years, extra shifts left many worse off.
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#R4Today The #Badenoch plan is to increase spending on #Defence and to cut taxes for the rich, paid for by cutting #HousingBenefit! Who (apart from #Tories) wants to live in a world like that?
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Growing numbers face hard choices as gap between #HousingBenefit and actual rent grows
“Keeping Local Housing Allowance #LHA frozen while rents rise is driving people to #FoodBanks” @trusselluk.bsky.social
The nasty party are at it again. Leader of the losers badenoch is proposing to again target the poorest by reducing housing benefit and forcing people to move. Cleaning out the poor. Easy when you have at least 2 homes like badenoch #tories #kemibadenoch #EvilScum #CleansingThePoor #HousingBenefit
A question on #HousingBenefit #SupportedHousingAndTemporaryAccommodation tabled by Alison Griffiths on 28-08-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-08-28/24481
A question on #HousingBenefit tabled by Bob Blackman on 28-08-2026 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-08-28/19936