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Exemptions from Local Housing Allowance: Domestic Abuse & Modern Slavery

Author: Karen Dunn, Changing Futures Welfare Benefit Team, Citizens Advice Staffordshire North & Stoke on Trent   Extension of exemptions from Local Housing Allowance (LHA) shared accommodation rate (SAR)for Universal Credit, and the Single Room Rate (SRR) for Housing Benefit to include victims of domestic...

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Domestic Violence, Universal Credit and Work Related Requirements

Author: Karen Dunn, Changing Futures Welfare Benefit Team, Citizens Advice Staffordshire North & Stoke on Trent   Note: For DWP purposes, “domestic violence” means abuse of a kind specified in ‘Responding to domestic abuse: a handbook for health professionals’ Domestic abuse: a resource for health...

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