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Housing benefit changing for under 35s?

Had anyone hard about this new benefit thing for under 35s changing? Something about April under 35s might meet the short fall and not get it
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The change came in April 2017, I could be wrong, but it is in effect now.
Unless there is a change in policy the same/similar rules will apply to social housing on April 1st 2018.
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http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/under-35-on-housing-benefit-and-impossible-to-house/7015513.article
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This research briefing might help explain things in more depth.
"The Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR, previously the Shared Room Rate) was introduced in 1996 and originally limited the Housing Benefit that a single person under the age of 25 living in the private rented sector could receive to the average rent level charged for a room in a shared house. With effect from January 2012 the SAR was extended to cover single claimants up to age 35. The move to apply LHA rates to Housing Benefit claimants living in the social rented sector means that the SAR will also apply to council and housing association tenants under the age of 35 from April 2019 if they are in receipt of Universal Credit, or if their tenancy began or was renewed after April 2016. The SAR will not apply to under-35s living in supported housing."
It's as @nystagmite and @geoark have said above, the rules have been around for under 35's in the private sector for a while and those rules will be extended to social housing from next year. Unless there's a policy change.
Turn2us has a great Benefit Changes timetable and this can be really helpful finding out when a benefit changed or is going to change.
I hope this has helped @tan ?
Have a good day everyone
Debbie