Welfare reform has spurred record levels of debt among tenants,with 25% of council tenants on universal credit facing legal action in some areasThe rollout of universal credit, the government’s welfare reform programme that wraps six-weekly and fortnightly benefits into one monthly deposit, and has spurred record levels of debt among social tenants. And the effects are rippling outward.
Social landlords in the north-west,where universal credit first launched, say the programme has increased financial pressures on their organisations and pushed some providers to compromise their core values.
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Source: theguardian.com