Rent increase

life
life Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
edited December 2022 in Housing and independent living
Got a call today from my landlord saying there will be a £100 rent increase starting this month.

I'm on UC and pip and I'm getting transitional protection from when I transferred over. Will my transitional protection end? Also will this be a significant change in circumstances?.

Any advice welcome, thanks in advance.
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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Hi 

    If you already claim the housing element of uc and private renting you will be getting the local authority allowance.  This won't change so you will have to find the shortfall difference between the allowance and your actual rent 

    This won't change your uc payments however you should report the new housing costs as a change in circumstances 
  • life
    life Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
    Thanks for the info @janer1967. I reported the change and sent over the new tenancy agreement. Didn't know they could change the tenancy agreement before the date it ends (march 2023). 
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    I didn't think they could either but I'm no expert maybe worth you getting advice from cab or welfare rights about that unless anyone here knows 
  • life
    life Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
    Thanks both for the advice.

    Just got a text on my journal saying I've got an appointment at 1pm with risk review team. Must have something to do with new tenancy agreement I sent them.
  • life
    life Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
    E-bio phone interview they call it. Was asked questions about where I live and where I used to live. Then asked me to send them old and new tenancy agreement plus NHS letter within 14 days. 
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Sounds like they are investigating why your rent has changed mid tenancy 

    Have you found out if the landlord is allowed to do this 

    I will do some research this afternoon 
  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,127 Championing
    This cost of living crisis is getting out of hand I think. 
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,452 Championing
    I'm sorry to hear this @life- that sounds really stressful! Citizens Advice have some information on this.
    Your landlord can't just increase your rent whenever they like, or by any amount. They need to follow certain rules if they want you to pay more - these depend on the type of tenancy you have.

     I'd echo the others' advice to get in touch with them, or Shelter, to check this. Do you have a copy of your tenancy agreement?

  • Davidhill
    Davidhill Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
    Where i live the Landlord are just putting rent up and lot of people can not afford it and it is cost of living which is effecting. I feel the government needs to capped the rent to make it fair for both tenants and Landlord. So many house are not EPC standard and the Landlord are charging rent, where it is costing the tenants more money in Energy.
  • life
    life Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
    Thanks everyone I'll just wait and see what happens next and I'll inform you all. Thanks again 👍
  • life
    life Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
    This is all that happened so far https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/99513/uc-risk-review-team#latest
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,922 Championing

    You are welcome @life. It is the very least you deserve.

    How are you feeling about everything at the moment? Please don’t hesitate to let us know how things go and if you need any further support in the meantime.

    We are all here for you and listening to you. You don’t have to face this, or anything else, alone if you don’t want to.

    Take care for now and we will look forward to, hopefully, hearing from you again soon  :)

  • life
    life Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
    Thanks @L_Volunteer 👍
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 60,297 Championing
    Hope you get it all sorted out @life
  • life
    life Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
    Thanks @Sandy_123 hopefully sorted by next week 👍
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,922 Championing
    You are welcome @life. It is the very least you deserve  :)
  • life
    life Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
    Thanks @Sandy_123 and @L_Volunteer its all sorted now and my UC will continue. I gave an update on my other thread 👌
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,922 Championing
    Glad to hear it's all sorted now and your UC will continue @life. That sounds like a relief  :)
  • life
    life Online Community Member Posts: 526 Empowering
    Quick update

    When my rent increased I was told to upload new tenancy agreement to UC journal. When all was done they took away my transitional protection when I saw my monthly statement.

    That was months ago so I just thought that's what happens. Recently though someone said the transitional protection shouldn't have stopped. 

    I'm on UC lcwra and pip.

    Any advice welcome thanks.
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 63,185 Championing
    Whoever told you that the transitional protection shouldn’t have stopped wasnt exactly correct.
    TP erodes over time so when other elements increase the TP decreases, until such a time it erodes completely.
    see link and scroll to Transitional SDP element. https://revenuebenefits.org.uk/universal-credit/guidance/entitlement-to-uc/transitional-protection/
    The same rules apply to all Transitional Protection for managed migration too. As well as when people transferred from Incapacity benefit to ESA. 

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