The overall benefit cap will hit ten times more families in Wales when it starts to be reduced from November 7, according to new research by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH). The new £20,000 cap will hit 5,844 families… Read more »
Housing benefit
LHA cap delayed by a year for supported housing
The Westminster government has announced a one-year delay to a new housing benefit cap after warnings that it poses a major threat to the future of supported housing projects. The 2015 Autumn Statement included a cap on social housing rents… Read more »
Welsh Govt calls for supported housing cap exemption
Welsh Government is urging Westminster to protect vulnerable tenants in supported accommodation from its proposed new housing benefit cap. The UK Government announced plans in the Spending Review to cap rent support for social housing tenants at local housing allowance… Read more »
Spending Review implications for Wales
Housing escaped the deep cuts that everyone feared in a UK Spending Review dismissed as ‘smoke and mirrors’ by Welsh Government. Chancellor George Osborne announced a funding floor for Wales of 115% of comparable spending per head in England but… Read more »