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Universal Credit: Landlord request for a managed payment or rent arrears deduction

If a tenant is having difficulty paying their rent, apply for a Managed Payment to Landlord using the Apply for a Direct Rent Payment service to request payment of rent from a tenant’s Universal Credit.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
29 January 2014
Last updated:
13 May 2020
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  1. Added a link to the new service ‘Apply for direct payment of rent’ which replaces the UC47 form.

  2. Replaced link to Budgeting Support with link to Alternative Payment Arrangements guide.

  3. Added link in the detail section to the updated Welsh personal budgeting support guidance.

  4. Updated link to 'Personal Budgeting Support and Alternative Payment Arrangements' guidance.

  5. Added updated versions of the English UC47 forms to the online service. Changes include: option for landlords to give their email address, option for a phone number preference, removal of a tick box asking what the landlord is requesting and some style changes.

  6. Added updated versions of the Welsh UC47 forms. Changes include: option for landlords to give their email address, option for a phone number preference, removal of a tick box asking what the landlord is requesting and some style changes. The English versions will soon be updated in the online service.

  7. Removed PDFs of UC47 form as the correct form will be provided by using the online service.

  8. Published updated version of the secure UC47 form for a landlords to request a managed payment or rent arrears deduction.

  9. Replaced landlord request for a managed payment or rent arrears deduction, form UC47, with new versions.

  10. Added a link to the online service to request a managed payment or rent arrears deduction (English and Welsh).

  11. Added updated versions of the UC47 secure and non-secure forms in English and Welsh.

  12. First published.

Documents

Apply online: Application for a Direct Rent Payment or rent arrears deduction

https://directpayment.universal-credit.service.gov.uk/

Details

This is a new online service for landlords to request direct payments of rent or rent arrears. It replaces the existing UC47 process.

Use this service to request payment of rent directly from a tenant’s Universal Credit, if a tenant is having difficulty paying their rent.

Guidance on when to request a managed payment or rent arrears deduction, or both from a tenant’s Universal Credit can be found in the Alternative Payments guide.

Part of the Universal Credit and rented housing guidance.

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