Claim: Half of all council tenants on Universal Credit are at least a month in arrears in their rent.
Fact-check: Is Universal Credit leading to rent arrears? - Full Fact
Verdict: this refers to 105 councils who responded to freedom of information requests. we haven't seen the data behind it and don't know what the picture is in the rest of the uk.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2017-10-11T00:00:00