Moved by
Baroness Meacher
82A: After Clause 31, insert the following new Clause—
“Housing costs: payments to landlords
Housing costs: payments to landlords
(1) Regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 5 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (claims and payments regulations) must provide for the payment of the housing costs element of an award of universal credit to the landlord where the claimant requests such payment to be made to the landlord.
(2) In this section—
“landlord” means the person who is entitled to payment of rent for the occupation of the accommodation occupied by the claimant as his or her home;
“rent” includes the license or similar payment for the use and occupation of the accommodation.”