Research and analysis

Discretionary Housing Payments, temporary accommodation and Universal Support delivered locally: Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 31

This research presents findings from wave 31 of the local authority insight survey with Housing Benefit managers at 380 local authorities.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 26 May 2016

Documents

Findings from the local authority insight survey wave 31: Discretionary Housing Payments, temporary accommodation and Universal Support delivered locally

Ref: ISBN 978 1 911003 29 8, RR921

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Details

The local authority insight survey aims to discover how local authorities administer benefits and gather their points of view on current issues. Wave 31 of the survey covers:

• Discretionary Housing Payments – help from the council for Housing Benefit claimants having difficulties meeting their housing costs
• temporary accommodation
• Universal Support delivered locally – local support to help people move to Universal Credit

The research was carried out by NatCen Social Research.

Published 26 May 2016