Page Contents
- Introduction - Who is Help2Rent
- Universal Credit payments
- Help with housing costs under Universal Credit
- Private rented sector tenants
- Social rented sector tenants
- Getting ready for Universal Credit
- Landlords can help tenants to get ready for Universal Credit by encouraging them to:
- Managing your money
- Alternative Payment Arrangements
- Ensuring that rent is paid
- First Universal Credit payment
- Paying rent while waiting for their first payment of Universal Credit
- DWP checks on rent and tenancies under Universal Credit
- Changes that might affect a Universal Credit payment
- Notifying landlords that tenants are claiming Universal Credit
- Calculating monthly rent if a claimant’s rent is paid weekly
- Other rent payment frequencies
- Rent-free weeks
- Universal Credit and service charges
Managing your money
Managing your money
Money Manager is an interactive digital tool, owned by the Money Advice Service, that offers personalised money management advice.
Your tenant can get help with managing their money using the online Money Manager.
The advice includes how to open a bank account, dealing with rent arrears and regular bills and debt advice services. There’s a quick and easy way to use budget planner and money management hints and tips, including how to reduce household bills.
This also has information about claiming Universal Credit as a couple, claiming with children, information for carers, links to local authorities and other information centres.
Money advice can be offered online, by phone, or face-to-face and is delivered by external organisations with the relevant expertise to do this.
Ask your tenant to speak to their work coach for more information.
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