Local housing allowance

Response to Scottish Government consultation on Housing to 2040

28 February 2020

Our response to the Scottish Government's consultation on Housing to 2040 highlights the role housing can play in tackling child poverty and the interaction between social security and people's ability to pay their housing costs.

Consultation response

Response to Pauline McNeil MSP's consultation on a proposed members bill regarding fair rents

22 August 2019

CPAG in Scotland responded to this consultation to highlight the need to consider social security policy alongside housing policy

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DHPs – principle and practice

Issue 250 (February 2016)

Gwyneth King considers the role of discretionary housing payments (DHPs) in mitigating some of the effects of cuts contained in welfare reform measures.

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Press release

CPAG criticises housing payments cut

30 January 2015

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has strongly criticised the government’s decision, announced today, to cut local authorities’ budgets for discretionary housing payments by 24% (from £165m in 2014 -15 to £125m for 2015-16)[fn]Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 SI No. 11167 p1599[/fn]

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Challenging the bedroom tax: update

Issue 237 (December 2013)

Simon Osborne describes a current split in the caselaw on the question of whether someone’s ability to ‘mobilise’ with a manual wheelchair refers only to functional limitations, or to wider personal factors such as the ability to store the chair. The split will hopefully be resolved in a forthcoming decision of a three-judge panel of the Upper Tribunal.

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Briefing

Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into housing costs support

07 October 2013

The Work and Pensions Committee is currently undertaking an inquiry into provision of support to meet housing costs in the reformed welfare system.

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Welfare reform in 2013

Issue 233 (April 2013)

2013 is a landmark year in welfare reform. Simon Osborne outlines the main changes.

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Welfare reform – early impacts

Issue 231 (December 2012)

Kate Bell looks gives an overview of what early research has uncovered about the future impact of welfare reform.

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Plugging the gap? DHPs in the light of housing benefit cuts

Issue 224 (October 2011)

Edward Graham takes a look at discretionary housing payments (DHPs) and considers their scope to help claimants meet their rent in the light of the cuts to housing benefit (HB).

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2010 Budget highlights

Issue 215 (April 2010)

David Simmons summarises the main changes relating to welfare benefits and tax credits announced in the 2010 budget.These are in addition to the changes already announced in the Pre-Budget Report.

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