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<p>Universal Credit payments are designed to mirror the world of work, with monthly
payments reflecting the way many working people are paid. This model of monthly payments
allows claimants to take responsibility for budgeting their own income and helps prepare
them for getting back to work.</p><p> </p><p>Many claimants are capable of managing
their own financial affairs and for these claimants a Managed Payment to Landlords
(MPTL) is not appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>A claimant’s personal circumstances could
change in a way which means that they need additional support at any stage of a claim,
not just at the start. As such, we make sure that managed payments to landlords (MPTL)
are available to Universal Credit claimants when appropriate, either from the start
of their claim or at whatever point in which they need help.</p><p> </p><p>A MPTL
can be requested by the claimant, their representative or their landlord and will
be considered on a case by case basis and requests for MPTLs are dealt with as a priority.
Landlords who are given access to the Landlord Portal are also given Trusted Partner
status which allows them to make recommendations on whether an MPTL should be put
in place. All MPTL recommendations from Trusted Partners will be implemented in good
faith by DWP.</p>
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