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Toolkit for local authorities, housing providers and support organisations in the social rented sector, providing information on the removal of the spare room subsidy.
Research carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions on public perceptions of the removal of the spare room subsidy.
Universal Credit can include help with housing costs - paying your landlord, what to do if you cannot pay your rent, other help you can get.
If you’re eligible for Universal Credit, you can get an extra amount of…
If you’re eligible for Universal Credit you can get help towards your rent…
If you’re eligible for Universal Credit you can get help paying your rent…
You could get a Universal Credit payment to help you pay for service…
If you already get Universal Credit, apply for support with housing costs…
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Statistical release gives estimates of the number of spare bedrooms in 2010-11 for all working age households in the social rented sector.
Number of spare bedrooms in working age households in the social rented sector in Great Britain.
This report presents findings from the evaluation of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) in Housing Benefit.
Residential Property Tribunal decision of Judge Tueje and Miss M Krisko on 5 January 2024
Midlands Region, Mr Peter J Ellis and Mr Robert Paul Cammidge on 2 May 2019
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