council sums up the problems with Universal Credit: 92% in rent arrears

Figures released by one council sum up the problems with Universal Credit. This is because 92% of its tenants receiving the new benefit have fallen behind with their rent payments. Staggering figures  The Department for Work and Pensions rolled out Universal Credit in East Dunbartonshire in December 2015. Since then, as The Kirkintilloch Herald reports, the council has 264 housing tenants on Universal Credit. And of these, 92% have fallen into rent arrears.]

Figures released by one council sum up the problems with Universal Credit. This is because 92% of its tenants receiving the new benefit have fallen behind with their rent payments. Staggering figures  The Department for Work and Pensions rolled out Universal Credit in East Dunbartonshire in December 2015. Since then, as The Kirkintilloch Herald reports, the council has 264 housing tenants on Universal Credit. And of these, 92% have fallen into rent arrears.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2017/10/16/one-council-sums-problems-universal-credit-92-tenants-getting-rent-arrears/