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Universal Credit and the patterns of rent balances in the Social Rented Sector - analytical report

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and 8 Social Rented Sector (SRS) landlords worked together to look at rent account histories for 15,750 tenants in the period April 2014 to January 2019.

Claimants’ Universal Credit (UC) data were linked to their rent payment records and used to assess the pattern of rent arrears prior to and after the UC claim. The results of this are detailed in ‘Universal Credit and the patterns of rent balances in the Social Rented Sector: Rent Analysis’

Key findings of this work are set out in the report ‘Universal Credit and the patterns of rent balances in the Social Rented Sector’. It covers the experience of social landlords and their tenants and is the companion report to ‘Universal Credit and the patterns of rent balances in the Social Rented Sector: Rent Analysis’.

Published 7 October 2024

Universal Credit and the patterns of rent balances in the Social Rented Sector: Social Research/Rent Analysis

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