Supported housing residents can keep more earnings under new benefit rules
More than 325,000 people living in supported housing or temporary accommodation can now keep more of their earnings when they start work or increase their hours. New rules align key parts of the Housing Benefit calculation more closely with Universal Credit and remove a “cliff edge” that could leave residents worse off after earning more.
The change introduces five earned-income disregards for working-age Housing Benefit claimants in these forms of accommodation. The government says nearly 50,000 young people entering employment are among those expected to benefit, and the disregard amounts will be updated annually. Individual gains will vary because existing benefit tapers still apply, but officials say no group is made worse off by the reform. The regulations came into force on 5 October.
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