Research and analysis

Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 36: Discretionary Housing Payments

This report summarises the impacts of Discretionary Housing Payments on recipients’ financial and housing circumstances.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
29 February 2024

Documents

Summary: Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 36: Discretionary Housing Payments

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Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 36: Discretionary Housing

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78659-631-4, RR 1047

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Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 36: Discretionary Housing Payments

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78659-631-4, RR 1047

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Details

The Local Authority Insight Survey Wave 36 discusses the findings asking local authorities (LAs) in England and Wales about how they award and manage Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs).

Based on a survey and interviews with Housing Benefit (HB) staff it includes:

  • information on the management and use of DHP awards
  • identifies how LAs spend their overall allocation.

The research looks across a range of LAs that typically under-spend, spend exactly or top-up their DHP budget annually and illustrate some of the factors that influence this.

Published 29 February 2024

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