Responding to the statement delivered on Tuesday 22 November, Sally Thomas, CEO SFHA, said:
“It’s positive to hear the Chancellor confirm that social security will be uprated in line with inflation, as well as unfreezing Local Housing Allowance rates, as we know that the cost-of-living crisis is still hitting people hard. But we also hear directly from our members about the scale of need that social tenants are facing and we need to go further to address it. That's why we'll continue to call for more substantial reforms to Universal Credit, to ensure that no one should be facing a winter where they struggle to eat or heat their homes."
