Page Contents
- Introduction - Who is Help2Rent
- Universal Credit payments
- Help with housing costs under Universal Credit
- Private rented sector tenants
- Social rented sector tenants
- Getting ready for Universal Credit
- Landlords can help tenants to get ready for Universal Credit by encouraging them to:
- Managing your money
- Alternative Payment Arrangements
- Ensuring that rent is paid
- First Universal Credit payment
- Paying rent while waiting for their first payment of Universal Credit
- DWP checks on rent and tenancies under Universal Credit
- Changes that might affect a Universal Credit payment
- Notifying landlords that tenants are claiming Universal Credit
- Calculating monthly rent if a claimant’s rent is paid weekly
- Other rent payment frequencies
- Rent-free weeks
- Universal Credit and service charges
Paying rent while waiting for their first payment of Universal Credit
Paying rent while waiting for their first payment of Universal Credit
Many new claimants of Universal Credit will be coming from work and will be able to support themselves in the first month using their final payment of earnings.
However, where needed, a claimant can ask for a Universal Credit new claim advance to help pay their rent if they can’t manage until their first monthly payment of Universal Credit.
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Landlords Supported in 2025
7843
Tenants Housed In 2025
7300
Moves carried Within 2025
923
New Partners In 2025
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