Thanks for your comments. Yes, it is a Tenancy over 21 years, which does come under Housing Costs. PC have finally stumped up backdated to when I initially asked, and seem to be taking a complaint I made to them seriously. If any of the initial PC applications mentioned Housing Costs they might backdate. My main gripe is with the North Shropshire District Council (who no longer exist as Shropshire has gone Unitary) for just dismissing the claim for HB without advising PC Housing Costs. They did say that if the Tenancy was less than 11(?) years HB might be payable. So the Client had the Tenancyshanged. The LA then refused on the grounds of Contrived Tenancy! the Lease then had to be changed back again. Yes, I think I should complain to the LA, but that would make three in a month.
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