DWP bulletin.. how sanctions affect Housing Benefit - they shouldn't..

Please circulate

 

Worth reading the attached if you are unclear about the impact of benefit sanctions on Housing Benefit..  (If you can understand the DWP jargon you may be clearer - but the email below does state it more simply! )

 

From: Paul Connery [mailto:paul.connery@homelesslink.org.uk]
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 4:15 PM
Subject: Sanctions & Housing Benefit

 

dear Colleague

 

Homeless Link and partners have been lobbying behind the scenes for the past two years for DWP to put out a definitive circular to all local authorities explicitly saying that Housing Benefit should not be suspended as a result of a JSA or ESA sanction, which we know has been happening in practice.

 

This has now been done, see attachment

 

thanks

 

Paul Connery

Strategy & Partnership Manager

North West

07798631340  | Homeless Link, Gateway House, Milverton Street, London, SE11 4AP

www.homeless.org.uk

Follow me on twitter: www.twitter.com/paulCnw

 

 

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