Rent rise and uc
So, on my Letter from my social sector landlord it states to inform UC of my rent rise on 6th April, Easter Monday,tomorrow, as its a Bank Holiday will i still get the prompt to do so on my journal? Or how will it work. Tia.
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I'm pretty confident it's not individual case managers manually triggering the To Do for their own caseload, this is an event that happens for particular claimants every year so it's probably coded into the UC algorithm so tomorrow being a Bank Holiday is likely irrelevant.
Of course if it's not there tomorrow then I'm wrong & and it should appear on Tuesday 😊
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The journal still works during weekends and bank holidays. Automatic prompts can still come through. But if it doesn't then just check each day next week. As you're in social housing, it's better to wait for the prompt even if it's a few days late.
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@Santosha12 @Kimi87 Thanks, I'll just keep an eye on my journal. I'm sure it shall appear at some point. Was hoping it was coded in, but I'm pretty new to UC having been migrated over only since the end of Sept last year. @OverlyAnxious was hoping it would automatically pop up so ill check again tomorrow, this is my first time doing the annual uprate for rent so I was a bit anxious when I saw no prompt yet.
So Thankful for you all advising me. X
Oh and something else, do you just state the amount its being increased by or do you have to upload the letter? Thanks.
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I've only ever put the new entire figure.
With social housing, UC then contact the landlord direct to confirm what you've told them is correct anyway.
No upload is required by the claimant.
The prompt on the To Do list wouldn't be there yet because it's not yet the 6th April.
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@Santosha12 Thank you for that. X
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Hi
Just come across this thread. Do I have to wait until it shows on my to do list. Never done this before on UC only moved over last may.
Tyia
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Got the prompt on my UC Journal this morning, simple enough to do as long as you have the details of your last rent payments and the revised ones. i.e. mine was £102 per week now £107 per week.
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I didn’t get a notification to check my to-do list but I’ve just signed into my journal and the prompt was there
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Yes, if you're in social housing. It should be there today looking at the posts above. 🙂
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My UC notification came after I'd done my rent increase via the prompt on my To Do list 🙂
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Mine came through midnight last night, so I did mine then lol
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It's an automatic prompt built into the UC system.
Once UC are working again they'll contact landlords to verify the information given by tenants is correct.
This process can take several weeks so the prompt starting on a bank holiday makes no difference.
Yes @Catherine21 you should call UC tomorrow to inform them of your new rent amount.
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Just done mine. They also check with your Housing association to see if its correct. Is uc for us on lcwra going up. Mine still the same as last month.
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The new UC rates are here
Excluding Housing Element you won't see the rise in any other UC elements until a full assessment period has passed, counting from today.
So with my AP of 26th-25th I don't see any elements (excluding Housing Element) go up until my May 28 statement paid on June 2nd.
26th March - 25 April: Partial Assessment Period following rise, paid at old rate
26th April - 25th May: Full AP following rise & paid at new rate.
I still get 12 payments at the higher rate, I just have to wait a bit longer for them to start.
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In addition to what Kimi said, if you migrated from legacy benefits and get Transitional Protection then your payments won't go up. In fact, your payment will go down slightly, as some of the TP goes to the rent increase.
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Thought I'd write here as opposed to starting new thread if that's ok.
Are we supposed to get a text message or email to remind us to do this? I supplied evidence to my local housing office about 3 weeks ago then logged in this morning to UC and there was the prompt.
I had no idea I had to tell them of rent increase as assumed they'd know as is annual thing.
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Yes you are supposed to notify UC of any rent increases.
Yes you should get a notification from UC but this doesn't always seem to happen.
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Yes that's true as didn't happen for me, I didn't know that it happens on April 6th was just coincidence that I logged in and saw it. Thanks.
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The exact date will vary slightly each year.
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