Board and Lodging Payments for Young People

Abstract

The Government proposes to make major changes to the rules governing payments to meet board and lodgings charges when the new income support scheme is introduced in 1988. The plan is for accommodation-costs of those in board and lodgings to be met through housing benefit rather than via income support (supplementary benefit at present). Living costs would be met through income support instead of through the allowance for personal expenses and meals included in board and lodgings payments at present.¹ The Government acknowledges that some will lose benefit as a result of the changes but intends to offer some transitional protection.^1a