Pensioners who work and Universal Credit


As Universal Credit replaces Housing Benefit (HB) and Child Tax Credit, and is only for working-age people (see Chapter 1), pensioners who pay rent and have dependent children need to be supported in a different way.



Because of this, there will be some changes to Pension Credit so that it includes support for rent and an additional amount for those pensioners with dependent children.



According to the charity AgeUK, Pension Credit may include a new Housing Credit to help towards as well as additional amounts for dependent children, because Child Tax Credit will be abolished, but it is unclear when these changes will happen.