Ministers have announced that help toward housing costs for those living in ‘exempt’ supported accommodation will be provided outside of the new Universal Credit(UC) system. People in supported ‘exempt’ accommodation will still be able to claim and receive UC but their housing costs will be provided separately. There will be those living in supported housing not classed as ‘exempt’ who will receive help with their housing costs through UC. The most common of these will be those whose landlord is a LA and those housing association tenants where the landlord is not involved in providing their care, support or supervision.
‘Exempt’ supported accommodation is defined at present as -’A resettlement place; or accommodation provided by a county council, housing association registered charity or voluntary organisation where that body or person acting on their behalf provides the claimant with care, support or supervision.’ Click here for our Universal Credit 2013 course.