Local Housing Allowance (temporarily put back up to 30th percentile during pandemic) will be frozen in cash terms from April 2021 - meaning it will fall back below 30th percentile over time #SR20
Budget red book seems to confirm that plus end of £20 a week increase in universal credit introduced at the same time
OBR report makes clear that & #39;maintain in cash terms thereafter& #39; means freeze
So anyone on LHA will see rising shortfalls against their rent over next five years
The shortfalls will have to be met from their other benefits - with universal credit being cut by £1,000 a year from next April
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