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House Ownership
Hello all
Claimant has moved into hostel and wants to claim HB. Hwoever, just discovered they own a property that they are renting out. Unsure of | Lostdog | 09-Jan-07 04:30 PM
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housing benefit recovery from previous social landlord
my client has receved a letter from previous social landlord (tenancy ended Sept 06) saying that there are now arrears on her old rent account with th | southwest | 09-Jan-07 01:40 PM
by southwest | 3 | 548 |
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rent restrictions
Help please
I have been approached by another adviser who has shown me some previous advice he obtained which states that "Asylum Seekers who obtai | chrisduran | 09-Jan-07 02:24 AM
by griffin | 3 | 837 |
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single room rent restrictions
early day motion calling for the single room rent restrictions to be scrapped
http://e dmi.parliament.uk/ED Mi/EDMDetails.aspx?E DMID=31368&SESSION=8 7 | shawn | 06-Jan-07 04:17 PM
by Kevin D | 0 | 510 |
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Delaying rent resctictions.
Hi all. case where client could originally afford the rent, but only because her mother contributed half of the rent. Mum lives in Holland, can eviden | Saffron | 06-Jan-07 04:17 PM
by Kevin D | 3 | 522 |
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Housing Benefit and arrears of Tax Credit
A tenant has put in a claim for Housing Benefit and also Tax Credits. Normally Housing Benefit would be assessed without Tax Credits as Tax Credits no | Ammah | 03-Jan-07 02:22 PM
by Ammah | 2 | 592 |
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Underlying entitlement and housing benefit
If a person is on JSA but has a couple of breaks in their claim due to failure to sign on (the claimant had no income during the breaks in their cla | laura | 02-Jan-07 04:28 PM
by SLloyd | 2 | 463 |
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Copy of the 2006 HB Legislation?
Does anyone know if the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 are available on the internet - Google has let me down. Or, does anyone have an el | lisag | 28-Dec-06 01:47 PM
by lisag | 2 | 456 |
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Hostel Mover
We have a tenant who has moved out of our young persons hostel.She gave us the required 28days notice on 29th November 2006. As far as we know she has | MargaretGarner | 21-Dec-06 08:31 PM
by Kevin D | 3 | 471 |
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WAR PENSIONS
We ignore war pensions in full when calculating entitlement to HB/CTB.
However I have a client under 60 - who recieves two amounts - under two d | mike shermer | 21-Dec-06 05:06 PM
by GAD | 2 | 588 |
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Temporary Nightshelter 'not a dwelling'?!
I wonder if anyone could advise on a (rather urgent!) situation we have regarding a temporary nightshelter setup. The scheme is being run by an RSL f | Lostdog | 21-Dec-06 04:50 PM
by Lostdog | 2 | 478 |
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Mutual Exchange
We have a tenant who is over 60 years of age who has mutually exchanged. Her tenancy started on 2nd October 2006 but due to a mix up which was partly | MargaretGarner | 21-Dec-06 02:20 PM
by MargaretGarner | 8 | 575 |
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massive HB o/p... who is liable etc..
Just seen an elderly couple... The tenancy is in his name only.
They applied for HB, however, it has recently come to light that they did not decl | plumduff | 20-Dec-06 02:51 PM
by Steve Johnson | 11 | 952 |
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Housing benefit for caravans
the area in which I work has a number of holiday caravan parks and none are licensed as residential however we have several clients who reside there f | johnmccabe | 19-Dec-06 03:19 PM
by jmembery | 4 | 641 |
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deprivation of capital if over 60 ...
couple, man aged 61 wife 55. their home is being repossessed and they would like to pay off business and personal debts with the equity released. will | Sayo | 18-Dec-06 10:54 AM
by Kevin D | 5 | 710 |
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New HB rates
Does anyone have a clue when the April 2007 Housing Benefit benefit rates are due to be announced? They are usually on or a day after the pre budget | chrissmith | 15-Dec-06 11:55 AM
by AndyRichards | 7 | 700 |
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Ind Injuries Compensation / Bonds - disregard??
Client has put in a claim for HB. They have provided proof of savings to LA as follows:
£2k in a cash ISA
£15k in a fixed bond, with no withdrawals | Lostdog | 15-Dec-06 11:05 AM
by Lostdog | 10 | 787 |
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Two homes
My client vacated her council flat and moved into (private) sheltered housing within the same borough. Although she gave the correct notice and return | Nicola Wallace | 14-Dec-06 10:12 AM
by stainsby | 1 | 610 |
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Tenant in legal custody
We have a tenant who went into legal custody in October last year and was released in December 2005. Housing Benefit continued to pay for this period | jonb | 13-Dec-06 05:26 PM
by stainsby | 1 | 475 |
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Child savings - parent has no access
I have a client who has £3,000 savings herself and only works 18 hours a week, therefore her own savings would not cause a problem. However, her three | Jill Fernandez | 13-Dec-06 09:11 AM
by Jill Fernandez | 3 | 502 |
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Blameless tenant recovery
Morning.
I work for a Housing association and we are currently appealing the repayment of an overpayment from ourselves as we were unaware of the cir | jonb | 12-Dec-06 05:38 PM
by Jill Fernandez | 5 | 734 |
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Compensation
Are compensation payments classed as capital for HB purposes? Client is a council tenant who has to move out of the tenancy as it is to be demolished. | karenm | 11-Dec-06 03:37 PM
by claire hodgson | 1 | 373 |
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Saved Attendance Allowance ........ Treated as Capital?
Hi,
I have two elderly clients. Mr was awarded AA in 2000, clients have not been spending the AA but saving it up. Using it when necessary for bil | longs | 08-Dec-06 02:33 PM
by stainsby | 2 | 504 |
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CH/1085/2002
Anybody got a copy of this CD, that they could fax or email to us. Urgently neded.
| franrobinson | 07-Dec-06 01:07 PM
by ken | 2 | 389 |
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CT disregard for severe mental impairment
hi, i am trying to understand the rules regarding CT discount for severe mental impairment (SMI). Client has a certificate issued in 2004 confirming S | jo gallagher | 06-Dec-06 02:10 PM | 0 | 428 |
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Size restriction/NDD
Client (female) needs to move home. Lives with adult son (who works). Enquired how much HB would get for 2 bed property she had identified. Was tol | Derek | 04-Dec-06 04:29 PM
by Derek | 3 | 613 |
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4 Week Run On
I thought I seen or read somewhere that the rules had changed to allow people who had the 4 week HB & CTB run on to then have the same rules applied a | billmcc | 04-Dec-06 10:58 AM
by Lostdog | 2 | 537 |
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Care Home Funding & HB overlap?
Hello all
Resident who has been staying in a care home, fully funded by Social Services. Resident decided they wanted to move into own tenancy. S | Lostdog | 04-Dec-06 10:51 AM
by Lostdog | 6 | 657 |
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HB overpayment
Hi,
Can L.A recover overpayment caused by official error? The error was failure to action a change of circumstances.
Cheers,
Jeannette | jeannette1 | 01-Dec-06 05:54 PM
by Kevin D | 2 | 566 |
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recoverability
Scenario is as follows - Client on partial HB/CTB - LA receives an ETD from P/Service in mid 2005 which confirms income and crucially says the cli | mike shermer | 01-Dec-06 12:38 PM | 0 | 405 |
Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit
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