Transitional payment and Increased rent.

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onlymeagain

In April our rent went up. We notified UC, however they didn't increase the amount of rent. In April they paid us too much due to not taking off all the Carer's Allowance. This was taken back from our May and June payment.
So last month we were expecting an increase, but the housings costs were still wrong.
They now appear to have got it correct but our payment this month is still lower than before. They say it is because the TP has gone down due to housing costs going up.

So, is this correct? If it is, our UC will become mostly housing costs with little left for living expenses. After rent is deducted we get just over £800 to pay all bills, food, fuel etc for the month. There are 4 of us living in the house.

Kimi87

Yes Transitional Protection gets eroded by a few things, one of which is any increase in existing elements.

Your TP will reduce by the amount that Housing Element increased by.

That's how TP was designed to work.