%T Optimising welfare reform outcomes for social tenants. Understanding the financial management issues for different tenant groups %I Policis %D 2012 %K Taxation %U https://apo.org.au/node/31744 %X The policy background is the UK Coalition Government’s introduction of radical reforms to the welfare and benefits system, encapsulated in the Welfare Reform Act of 2012. These reforms are shaped by an over-arching drive to “make work pay” and reduce the number of workless households, while also simplifying the welfare system and cutting welfare expenditure.   The goal is to reduce poverty and increase social mobility through mitigating barriers to work, with welfare reform intended to make it easier and more financially rewarding to move between benefit dependence and work. %9 Report %A Policis