My rent goes to me with my UC you have to have special circs to have it paid to the landlord. I’d say she’s on UC as she didn’t rent until the pandemic, so she wasn’t on the old housing benefit.I think it’s a council/HA property she’s moving into from what she’s said, so likely she won’t ever see the housing benefit - assuming it’s the same in Scotland that in those cases it’s generally paid direct to the rent account.
I thought deposits had to go in the scheme thing these days?
also make a new fred