Benefit boost worth £400 a month for thousands of vulnerable people from today
THOUSANDS of vulnerable people, including care leavers, will get more cash to pay their rent, thanks to changes to new benefit rules coming into force on June 1.t and Housing Benefit claimants.The changes are to something called the Shared Accommodation Rate which determines how much young people can get paid towards their rent.The SAR is applied to renters aged under 35 who are claiming support through their Local Housing Allowance .
In a nutshell, this adjusts the benefit to the cost of renting a room in shared accommodation, but there is a higher, one-bedroom rate available for people who need to rent solo housing.Care leavers can now claim the higher one-bedroom LHA rate for longer, as the maximum age limit has been raised to 25, from 22.
For instance, in Harlow and Stortford a single care leaver aged 23 could expect to receive up to £387 additional housing support per month as a result of the change.
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