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Please Help! Council Tax and Housing Benefit Calculation sheets
Hi Does anyone have any Council Tax and Housing Benefit calculation sheets that they can email me. I have searched the net completely and cannot f
dimple140511-Oct-06 11:05 PM0400
Overpayment tribunal
can any one tell me what reg 82(2) HB(SPC) says or how to find said reg this is cited in CPAG book ch 39 note 112 along with reg 101 (2) which I h
MaggieJ210-Oct-06 01:28 PM
by ken
3580
Help with appeal
Hi I have a client who lives in a supported housing accommodation with support worker on site. In Feb06 her partner left because of DV against her,
psmith09-Oct-06 12:21 PM
by nowly
4518
CH/3393/2003
Does anyone have a copy of CH/3393/2003? Concerns treatment of income from borrowing on credit cards. All offers gratefully accepted...
Neil Bateman06-Oct-06 03:52 PM
by Neil Bateman
2376
Age Discrimination Act
Will the Age Discrimination Act have any effect on the single room rent for under 25's claiming Housing Benefit?
steve_h03-Oct-06 01:07 PM
by Martin_Williams
3603
Benefit forms and official error
Apologies for length of post. I have a client who is a pensioner (no Pension Credit) and who claimed CTB (owns the home) 3 years ago. He received p
Victoria J02-Oct-06 04:55 PM
by Victoria J
121027
Help - CD required urgently
I'm looking for a fairly recent decision where the LA were entitled to recover an overpayment where IS has been wrongly awarded. I need this for an ap
Tony Bowman29-Sep-06 01:13 PM
by Tony Bowman
5548
verification framework
Hi all, can anybody point me in the direction of finding the HB schedules concerning verification framework for HB and designated offices and or cr
bradw29-Sep-06 09:45 AM
by jmembery
4542
Absence from home
If a person has been absent under the 52 week rule and then remains absent but doesn't come under the 52 week rule any more, can an absence that comes
suewelsh28-Sep-06 10:38 AM
by derek_S
1399
HB deductions
A resident in our supported accommodation is having his HB payments reduced by £8.70 per week due to a previous overpayment. HB is payable to us (lan
Lostdog27-Sep-06 12:46 PM
by Lostdog
5476
HB & Variable Service Charges
Hi Can anyone help? If it states in a lease that the service charge is variable, £50 is charged, but it turns out to be £52, can the HB be backdated t
andi_3327-Sep-06 11:10 AM0304
Service Charge increase back 12 months
Hi all In shared ownership it is common practise within the lease to have variable service charges. This means that at the end of the year the e
psmith27-Sep-06 10:56 AM0296
Council Tax Practice Notes
I would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction! I'm looking for "Council Tax Practice Note No.2" from February 1993. This is t
Hallam25-Sep-06 05:21 PM
by nevip
1342
Autherisation
Our LA have accepted our forms of authority for years. Now they are saying we cannot request Revisions or superseessions without clients actual signat
northwiltshire25-Sep-06 01:53 PM
by Kevin D
8586
HB for notice period
A client moved out of one of our projects before their notice period was up. A support worker reported the move out date as a change of circumstances
mary partridge25-Sep-06 01:41 PM
by Kevin D
6374
Tenancy start vs move-in date
I work in a homeless hostel. We have been informed by our management team that we must put the same licence start date and move-in date on our licenc
juliacarman23-Sep-06 06:40 PM
by Kevin D
6557
Official error
Can anyone give me some guidance on this please. I have a client who receives a charitable payment. I discovered that Pension Credit (SC only) had i
Diane P22-Sep-06 04:55 PM
by Kevin D
1364
Personal Injury claims
I have a client who was awarded in excess of £ 400,000.00 for a personal injury. This was awarded in Dec 03 and Jan 04. She did not notify the DWP or
Oliver22-Sep-06 01:39 PM
by mike shermer
4543
Housing Benefit on part owned properties
My HA is looking at providing part-ownership properties specifically to disabled persons. We already do some part ownership but since HB claims are so
derek_S21-Sep-06 10:43 AM
by penny newell
1433
Disability Premium
I have a case where a couple have applied for Housing Benefit. She is the claimant and is under 60 years of age her husband is over 60. She is in rece
MargaretGarner20-Sep-06 12:50 PM
by Kevin D
4368
Seperated partner of UK citizen
Wife of UK citizen who is a worker, seperated from him and wants to claim HB/CTB. This should be very easy but I can't seem to find it written down. S
chrisduran20-Sep-06 09:53 AM
by chrisduran
2371
Average S/E Earnings
I am involved in a HB appeal where one of the issues is the client's S/E earnings. Over a period of about 3 months client worked about 60 days in var
SLloyd20-Sep-06 09:51 AM
by SLloyd
7588
eligible rent reduced in kind
Can anyone point me in the direction of any caselaw dealing with a claimants eligible rent where the landlord collects less than the contractual liabi
Tony Bowman20-Sep-06 09:18 AM0253
Date of rent increase and RO referral
We often encounter a problem where the date of an annual rent increase does not coincide with the annual referral to the Rent Officer for HB assessmen
Marwood19-Sep-06 09:55 AM
by AndyRichards
4576
Non-deps with zero income.
I think I know the answer, but it would be good to check it. Clients; husband is unable to work, couple are claiming IS. Husband's elderly parents,
neil-law18-Sep-06 03:53 PM
by Victor Ridding
2407
End of work/IB
Resident with substance misuse issues moved into our property 3/5/06. Had been on sick pay from employer for some time. Employment officially ended
Lostdog14-Sep-06 05:28 PM0283
deprivation of income
Hi all, we have a client who became a FT student who is eligible for HB. The client did not apply for any student loans and decided to work PT and
bradw14-Sep-06 03:20 PM
by Peter Turville
15630
non payment of rent to landlord
Case I've not come across before. A tenant is in receipt of HB but has not pay it to his landlord because of dispute over repairs. If he keeps the HB
joanie13-Sep-06 03:32 PM
by nevip
8478
underlying entitlement
The husband of a couple claimed CTB and it was awarded. About a year later he ups and leaves for fear of the violence in Salford and heads for the sun
Damian12-Sep-06 04:18 PM
by stainsby
3405
Moving between authorities
I remember a suggestion that when benefit periods were abolished a move from one house to another, even accross local authority boundaries did not end
Damian12-Sep-06 02:52 PM
by stainsby
5414