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UC and street homeless claimants

MKM35
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Hello all,

Attached are two guides—Quick guide is aimed at assisting homeless people through the process of applying for UC and the second is aimed at the organisations who provide support.

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Jon (CANY)
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These UC homelessness guides were updated earlier this month:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-homeless-people

DWP are apparently considering making similar resources for other vulnerable groups of UC claimants. There is a survey running for the next couple of weeks asking if advisors find them useful or not:
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/3S1MO/