Universal Credit question - landlord against housing benefit

rachelw90

Hi everyone,
I saw tonight on the news that people that are claiming universal credit or looking to claim it that your rent you receive from housing benefit for your landlord is sent directly to them..I have stayed in my property for 3 years and my landlord is against housing benefit so if he knew I was receiving housing benefit then I would be told to leave. What happens? I have never been late etc with the rent in the whole 3 years. Thank you.

steve51

Hi @rachelw90

Good Evening & Welcome ?

We have got some info /advice on here.

https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=https://www.scope.org.uk/support/disabled-people/benefits/pip&index_url=https://www.scope.org.uk/support/disabled-people/benefits/pip&auth=OdCmUepX8Eu01lD6Q10Fhg&profile=_default&rank=1&query=Pip

We have got some more info & advice on here!!!!!! 

@steve51

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rachelw90,
I would try not to worry about this for now. If you're on housing benefit, then there's no need for you to move to UC at the moment unless you have a change of circumstances which means you have to make a new claim for benefits it replaces. If you continue on your current benefits, you're not going to be moved to UC for ages - it might start in 2020 but even then, they won't move everyone at once.

Also, the government are looking at making changes to make UC more attractive to private landlords, and by the time you get moved over, I'd hope those changes will have come in. In the meantime, you could get some housing advice from Shelter. If you're not in rent arrears then I do not think your landlord would have grounds to make you leave just because you're on housing benefit. But of course, they might give you notice in some other lawful way. I'm not a housing adviser, so I would suggest running the question past Shelter.

Will