Refugees: Ukraine

(asked on 18th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Ukrainian refugees will be able to claim assistance with housing costs in their universal credit claim or claim housing benefit, including in circumstances where a sponsor is receiving the £350 per month support package.


Answered by
David Rutley Portrait
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 23rd March 2022

Sponsors for the Homes for Ukraine scheme should not charge rent to the people they are hosting. We appreciate people’s generosity and we know there will be costs associated with helping out, so we are offering an optional ‘thank you’ payment of £350 per month to sponsors.

Ukrainian evacuees who are supported through the Homes for Ukraine scheme will be able to apply for housing costs support in Housing Benefit or Universal Credit if they have a rental liability when they move on from the scheme.

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