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Guide to benefits | CityWest Homes Skip to main content I am a tenant I am a leaseholder Search site Search Register MyCityWest Login News Events Pay Report Apply Feedback Menu Breadcrumb Home I am a tenant Rent and service charges Guide to benefits Guide to benefits Welfare reform The Welfare Reform Act is legislation that was introduced by the government in March 2016 and marked one of the largest changes to the welfare system in increasingly than 60 years. The Act introduced a wide range of reforms that may stupefy you. The main elements of the Act are: an under-occupation cap on housing goody for working age households a total goody cap for working age households a new type of payment tabbed Universal Credit which is a single streamlined payment which combines ways tested benefits (income support, jobseeker’s wage (income-based), employment an support wage (income-related), working tax credit, child tax credit and housing benefit) into one monthly payment. Under Universal Credit, housing financing (currently housing benefit) are paid uncontrived to you as the tenant, not to the landlord, so it is your responsibility to pay your rent. Other changes that may stupefy you include: changes to Disability Living Allowance, through the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment a transpiration to the way incapacity benefits are paid. For increasingly information on what we are doing well-nigh the changes, please contact us directly on welfarereform@cwh.org.uk or contact your local income team.         Need help? News From estates to offices: CityWest Homes recycles 26 September 2018CityWest Homes supports Fire Door Safety Week 2018 24 September 2018We’re turning on communal heating systems one week early 21 September 2018CityWest Homes is supporting Gas Safety Week 2018 17 September 2018Vote for your untried spaces to be the UK's weightier 10 September 2018Au pairing in Westminster and wideness Europe 6 September 2018To live and work in ‘theatre land’ 30 August 2018Planned changes to parking enforcement 30 August 2018Feeling young at heart in Little Venice 24 August 2018CityWest Homes supports young residents to find apprenticeships 15 August 2018PreviousNext Latest tweets Follow us: @CityWestHomes Tweets by CityWestHomes CityWest Homes 21 Grosvenor Place London SW1X 7EA United Kingdom e: customerservices@cwh.org.ukt: 0800 358 3783 © 2018 CityWest Homes Accessibility Cookie policy Fair processing notice Privacy policy Terms & conditions Legal Site map Contact us Chatbot loading I am a tenantWell-nighyour home Adaptations Condensation and mould Contents insurance Home improvements Pest infestation Staying unscratched in your home UtilitiesWell-nighyour tenancy Changes to your tenancy Right to Buy Rights and responsibilities Your tenancy I have a flexible tenancy I have a secure tenancy Domestic vituperate I am a tenant of a private landlord Major Works Moving out of your home Downsizing Ending your tenancy Flexible ownership Housing options Moving to housing for older people Rent and service charges Guide to benefits Support and benefits Ways to pay your rent Repairs Emergency repairs Gas servicing Handyperson service Planned maintenance Repair responsibilities Report a repair Report anti-social behaviour or tenancy fraud Report anti-social behaviour Tenancy fraud I am a leaseholderWell-nighyour lease Extend your lease Freehold sales Leasehold rights and responsibilities Your leaseWell-nighyour property Alterations Heating and hot water Insurance Staying unscratched in your home Sublet your home I want to sell my home Repairs Emergency repairs Gas safety Repair responsibilities Report a repair Report anti-social behaviour Selling your lease Service chargesWell-nighyour service tuition Get involved Service tuition support Support services Domestic vituperate Employment services Help to remain in your home Rough sleeping When you buy your property Register MyCityWest Login News Events Pay Report Apply Feedback