Database: Households on Universal Credit
Field: Housing Entitlement - Tenure
Description
This element is to help with housing costs. It can help with rent and service charges for tenants. Before April 2018 it also helped towards interest payments for homeowners. From April 2018 this is no longer true, with a support for mortgage interest benefit fulfilling this role.
To be eligible for housing entitlement, the household must be liable for payments in respect of accommodation they occupy as their home; they must pay the costs and they must occupy the home.
Classification
Applicable to: All Households
The Housing Entitlement field can take the following values:
Total number of categories: 2
For those with a housing entitlement, there is a further breakdown by tenure. Tenure can take the following values:
Total number of categories: 4
Quality Statement
Universal Credit households with a Housing element have been identified by observing whether an entitlement to Housing element is recorded; the specific value is not used.
The elements of Universal Credit associated with a claim have been identified based on the current circumstances of the household according to the latest records held by the department. Entitlements and tenure may change over time as circumstances change.