New Universal Credit boost for vulnerable people could see payments jump by £400

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Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants.The SAR is awarded to renters under 35 who are receiving support through their Local Housing Allowance.Universal Credit uses the Local Housing Allowance to calculate how much housing benefit claimants will receive – and it’s based on average rent prices in the person’s local area.Up until 2021, most singletons under 35 could only get money towards a room within a shared house and were placed in the lowest LHA band.But, there is also a one-bedroom rate available for those who must live alone.Under the new rules, care leavers will be able to claim the higher solo LHA rate until age 25 rather than 22.Any who has lived in a homeless hostel, regardless of their age, can also claim the higher rate as.