On Friday 10th May in the House of Lords, Richard Jackson who is the Bishop of Hereford raised a written question into the Government and his request was responded by George Younger who is referred as the Viscount Younger of Leckie. The response from George was fitted in the system here and so far one person has commented and they have referred “Does this answer the above question?” and they defined it as No so here is the question from Richard and the response from George. As it happens I met Richard on many times when he was working in the Sussex Church of England location and he is very significant. I am delighted to see this response and his question was titled with Universal Credit: Tied Housing and he then asks.

Richard: To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to address the fact that people living in tied accommodation are not eligible to claim Universal Credit if they own more than £16,000 of a property in which they do not live.

George: People who own a second property that they do not live in, will have the equity value of that property taken into account as part of their capital when assessing their claim for Universal Credit. If this causes the total capital they hold to exceed £16,000 then they will no longer be eligible for Universal Credit support.