Direct payment of Housing Benefit: responsibilisation at what cost to landlords?

Figures & data

Table 1. The net additional impact of direct payment using GEE.

Outcome: rent collection rate	Coef.	SE	P
Direct payment	−0.055	0.001	0.000
RSRS 14%	−0.012	0.003	0.000
RSRS 25%	−0.021	0.005	0.000
Benefit cap	0.007	0.011	0.506
Switched back	0.039	0.003	0.000
Constant	1.014	0.001	0.000

Source: DPDP rent account analysis dataset (2012–2013).

Table 2. The net additional impact of direct payment over time using GEE.

Outcome: rent collection rate	Coef.	SE	P
Direct payment P1–P3	−0.157	0.003	0.000
Direct payment P4–P6	−0.028	0.003	0.000
Direct payment P7–P9	−0.013	0.003	0.000
Direct payment P10–P12	−0.024	0.003	0.000
Direct payment P13–P15	−0.035	0.003	0.000
Direct payment P16–P18	−0.022	0.004	0.000
RSRS 14%	−0.021	0.003	0.000
RSRS 25%	−0.030	0.005	0.000
Benefit cap	0.006	0.011	0.571
Switched back	0.041	0.003	0.000
Constant	1.015	0.001	0.000

Source: DPDP rent account analysis dataset (2012–2013).

Figure 1. Proportion of tenants underpaying in each payment period, by amount. Source: DPDP rent account analysis dataset (2012–2013).

Figure 2. Proportion of tenants in each payment type. Source: DPDP rent account analysis dataset (2012–2013).