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Local Housing Allowance
My client is on the old HB system and a private tenant. She is paid £160 pw (Limited by the rent officer decision). Her actual eligible rent is £176pw | mircam | 13-Nov-08 10:28 AM
by stainsby | 2 | 572 |
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New tribunal regs
I've just read the new tribunal procedure regulations (SI 2008/2685) These appear to supercede quite a lot of the HB Decision making and appeals reg | chrissmith | 13-Nov-08 07:49 AM
by Kevin D | 9 | 1323 |
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Justifying Housing Benefit Overpayment.
Hello all
Housing Benefit are persuing one of my client's for a alleged housing benefit overpayment, but they have not been able to supply the | mpmap | 07-Nov-08 03:22 PM
by shawn | 14 | 913 |
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16/30 Hours Higher Income Disregard
This is just a general enquiry as I do not know if it is the local authority that I deal with that has this issue or if it is a wider issue.
When c | roecab3 | 06-Nov-08 04:29 PM
by stainsby | 3 | 506 |
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LHA:are contractual tenancy rent increases exempt from 52 week rule?
Under the pre-April 08 rules, rent increases for contractual tenancies (i.e. those with pre-set increases) can be referred to the Rent Offer at any ti | Nicola Wallace | 06-Nov-08 09:33 AM
by Nicola Wallace | 2 | 426 |
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LHA commencement and fresh claims - judicial review proceedings
Just to let everyone know that a judicial review claim has been launched in the High Court which raises the question of the correctness of the guidanc | Paul Stagg | 04-Nov-08 04:06 PM | 0 | 1262 |
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Housing benefit overpayment & Earnings Disregard
Hello all
I have a client who is a lone parent with a housing and council tax overpayment, not fraud, not official error.
As client is work | mpmap | 03-Nov-08 03:15 PM
by mpmap | 3 | 1020 |
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LHA for disabled sharers
Can someone clarify if disabled sharers receive the usual shared room rate or the one bedroom rate? The website below appears to me to say that they g | Nicola Wallace | 31-Oct-08 10:56 AM
by albar | 4 | 590 |
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LHA and NDD Student
Hi I have a client who was being paid the three room rate of LHA and then her claim was suspended as CHB ended for one of her two children. Client pro | roecab3 | 30-Oct-08 03:03 PM
by roecab3 | 7 | 657 |
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Housing Benefit Overpayment due to Fraud
I am currently working with a client who claimed Housing Benefit and Job Seekers Allowance as a full-time university student. Housing Benefit realised | Sam Warburton | 29-Oct-08 02:35 PM
by goonerkath | 23 | 2891 |
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Overpaid HB-CTB
The claimant is 64 recipient of IS and DLA (middle care – higher mobility). He jointly owned and lived with his son and daughter-in-law. Due to mari | Narayan | 27-Oct-08 01:25 PM
by stainsby | 6 | 543 |
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First Day of Entitlement
We have a tenant who moved into the property on Wednesday 24th September. His rent liability started on Monday 22nd September.His application form was | MargaretGarner | 24-Oct-08 02:59 PM
by nevip | 6 | 485 |
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LHA, carer's allowance and severe disabilty premium
This question includes quite a few benefits: Father and grown-up son share flat. Father receives state pension, pension credit & attendance allowance | Nicola Wallace | 24-Oct-08 02:45 PM
by mike shermer | 8 | 581 |
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Bequeethed or inherited pensions
I have had an enquiry from a woman who recieves two thirds of her late husbands pit pension. She has claimed Housing and Council Tax benefits but has | bolton | 23-Oct-08 02:20 PM
by Barbara W | 2 | 507 |
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How quickly should HMRC react to a notification of a change of circumstances?
My client decoupled on 3.12.07, and phoned the tax credit office 6.12.07 to tell them. They agree that she told them on this date. However they made a | cpuddephatt | 20-Oct-08 04:38 PM
by Derek | 4 | 702 |
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Mortgage payments from former spouse
I'me sure that there have been similar threads to this but I can't seem to find them.
Claimant's former spouse has been making regular monthly paym | Ste_Higham | 20-Oct-08 12:02 PM
by Ste_Higham | 5 | 826 |
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ESA and HB - when to swap claimants
I'm grateful to Darren Broughton, a contributor to the HBinfo discussion forum, for permission to post the following 14 scenarios that he’s devised wh | Al Franco | 16-Oct-08 11:48 AM
by AndyRichards | 1 | 518 |
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HB paid to wrong landlord & HB querying validity of tenancy
The flat was sold in January, HB informed but continued paying old landlord. HB unwilling to recover from old landlord, claiming tenant did not inform | Nicola Wallace | 10-Oct-08 05:30 AM
by Nicola Wallace | 8 | 632 |
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LHA paid direct to landlord - £15 excess?
Just a quick question about a scenario I haven't come across before. A vulnerable client is having his LHA paid direct to the landlord but his rent is | Herbert | 09-Oct-08 03:36 PM
by AndyRichards | 1 | 508 |
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Financial abuse
Morning,
I spoke to a client yesterday who was asking about eligibility for HB. Background is that she sold her property for approx £90K 8 years ag | johnrob | 07-Oct-08 12:31 PM
by Rosie | 7 | 963 |
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petition against HB/CTB backdating changes
@ http://petitions.num ber10.gov.uk/backdat ing-bens/ | shawn | 07-Oct-08 11:04 AM
by shawn | 1 | 468 |
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proving rent liability
I have client who sold his house to a HA when was falling into arrears with mortgage approx. 2 years ago. Lives with his mother who paid toward mortg | caro s | 07-Oct-08 10:06 AM
by nevip | 2 | 346 |
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LHA - number of bedrooms
Client would be entitled to four bedroom property. Am I right in thinking that if she instead takes a 3 bed property her LHA would be assessed on th | Derek | 07-Oct-08 07:26 AM
by mike shermer | 1 | 408 |
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Overdrafts ofset against savings
I had a question from a client,
She has savings just over £16,000 but has a large overdraft.
Would the amount of the overdraft be offset against he | hnutakor | 03-Oct-08 01:23 PM
by hnutakor | 1 | 388 |
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Any time reviews
Hello all
One of my client's who is 71 years old and in poor health, has just had a demand for a HB overpayment, which non of us knew anything ab | mpmap | 01-Oct-08 03:16 PM
by mpmap | 3 | 532 |
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Appeal for payment of housing benefit when one partner is subject to immigration control
I have a client from Somalia who is resident in the UK having come to the UK in 1991. She has a British Passport. She married in Kenya in 2000 and r | ipr | 01-Oct-08 03:04 PM
by stainsby | 5 | 554 |
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Continuing Care payments & H.ben
I have tried without success to find the answer to this question, so am hoping that a greater brain than mine can help( that probably all of you!)
We | jules smith | 01-Oct-08 11:50 AM
by jules smith | 2 | 464 |
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council tax liability
Edited to shorten link
Not a benefit question, but hopefully someone will be able to help.
I'm researching a liability issue re 'sole o | Tony Bowman | 01-Oct-08 09:25 AM | 0 | 375 |
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Divorcing couple and HB
Rather unusual case here and I'd be glad of some thoughts.
Client is living in the same property as ex wife, ex wife is charging rent for this but | pc | 30-Sep-08 12:55 PM
by Tony Bowman | 4 | 501 |
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calculation of earnings
I feel I should know this, but the answer eludes me...
My client works term time only for about 10 horus a week. I know how to calculate her hours | Tony Bowman | 29-Sep-08 10:09 PM
by Kevin D | 2 | 365 |
Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit
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