Getting ready for Universal Credit

Getting ready for Universal Credit

DWP encourages landlords who currently receive Housing Benefit payments from their local authority to familiarise themselves with Universal Credit and look at how they can prepare themselves. As a landlord you can consider how Universal Credit may impact your business and consider how you might need to adapt any policies or processes

Get local information and advice about universal credit by contacting your regional partnership manager to engage with your tenants early to identify any support needs making sure they understand their need to make rent payments