Home Find a Home About Your Home Maintenance Managing Money News Contact Universal Credit Universal Credit is a single monthly payment which is gradually replacing six income-related benefits and tax credits for new claimants. Universal Credit will eventually replace the following benefits: Housing Benefit Income Support Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance Income-related Employment and Support Allowance Working Tax Credit Child Tax Credit Will Universal Credit affect me? Universal Credit will not affect everybody straight away. If you live in a 'full service area', you will not be able to make a new claim for one of the benefits being replaced (unless you have three or more children in most circumstances) and will have to claim Universal Credit instead. There are other conditions, so please contact us for advice. The ‘full’ Universal Credit service is currently being rolled out across Yorkshire and East Riding. More and more of us will be able to claim Universal Credit, and will not be able to claim one of the six benefits it replaces. Universal Credit will replace the big six income related benefits across the whole of our region for new claims and relevant changes in circumstances. What’s different about Universal Credit? You need to be online You make your claim and check your payments and updates online You need a to set up an account to receive your money This can be a bank or building society account, or an account with an alternative provider such as your local Credit Union or Post Office You get a single monthly payment You’ll need to manage your bills and costs for the whole month You need to pay your rent or charges to York Housing Association directly Your payment will include any help you get towards rent and charges. You need to arrange payments to us directly. We suggest setting up a Direct Debit payment to us for the day your Universal Credit payment arrives in your account. That way you don’t need to remember to pay or worry about how much you have left for other things. Contact us for advice about setting up a Direct Debit payment. Your Universal Credit payment may not be enough to cover your rent and charges. You will still need to pay the full amount due to us. Benefits Changes View Talk to your housing officer Call now Universal Credit View Managing Your Money View Repairs Your questions answered Find out more Your Rent You need to pay your rent, here is how you do it. Find out more Benefits & Money Free financial advice from York Housing Association Find out more Do you need Insurance? Is your home properly insured? Find out more Anti-Social Behaviour Certain behaviours are unacceptable in our homes and neighbourhoods. Find out more Maintenance Maintaining your home - what you can do to help. Find out more York Housing Association 2 Alpha Court Monks Cross Drive Huntington York YO32 9WN Email: info@yorkha.org.uk Phone: 01904 636061 Homes to rent or buy across Yorkshire: Leeds, Malton, Scarborough, York, Beverley, Whitby and Selby. Part of York Housing Association Ltd is a Registered Society under the Cooperative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 and registered with the Financial Conduct Authority No. 16826. York Housing Association is an exempt charity and registered with the Regulator of Social Housing No. L1019 Quick Links Home Find A Home Rent a Home Terminate Your Tenancy Shared Ownership Rent to Buy About The Team Working With Us Your Home Repairs Your Rent Benefits & Money Insurance Maintenance News Events Useful Publications Contact © 2020 by Red Bonsai Design | Privacy Policy