Supported Housing: Finance

(asked on 3rd September 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department plans to ensure that new supported housing accesses funding and exemptions from universal credit for new occupants.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 7th September 2018

I refer to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 9th August 2018 which stated that we will maintain Housing Benefit for all Supported Housing.

This reflects the particular needs of these vulnerable groups of people and the government’s commitment to protect them.

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