Housing Benefit Consultation
The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has announced a public consultation in relation to amendments to the...
HB Course in Wales
Landlord Accreditation Wales has announced it is to hold a one day Housing Benefit course for Landlords and letting...
A New Direct Payment Issue
The Department of Work and Pensions (“DWP”) has issued new guidance to local authority staff for local...
Budget 2010
Now that things have settled down a little and as further details appear from the emergency budget, we thought it...
Tenant moving from old HB to LHA
As was reported here, we have been working very hard on a case where a tenant ceased claiming housing benefit under...
When has a claim been made?
Novitskya v (1) London Borough of Brent (2) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2009] EWCA Civ 1260 Prior to...
Couple of Interesting Cases
A quick blog entry to let you know of a couple of interesting cases we are currently dealing with. One of them is only...
Backdating HB Claim
Regulation 83(12) Housing Benefit Regulations 2006: Backdating A claim made on or after 6 October 2008 can only be...
Third Party Deductions
Where a landlord has a current tenant claiming Job Seekers Allowance or Income Support and there are rent arrears, it...
When is tenant 8 weeks in arrears for...
Table of contents for 8 weeks arrears appeal / compensationWhen is tenant 8 weeks in arrears for direct payments?...
Suggested letter of appeal – te...
[insert landlord name and address] The Benefits Manager [insert address of housing benefit department] [insert...
Person from whom recovery may be soug...
A common problem landlords who accept housing benefit face is the local authority asking for money back after they...
Is Overpayment of HB Recoverable?
A common problem landlords who accept housing benefit face is the local authority asking for money back after they...
Inquiry into “Local Housing Allowance...
The below article is taken from...
Conservatives “will” re-introduce Hou...
The Conservatives have announced proposed changes to the Local Housing Allowance aimed at increasing the supply of...
When MUST housing benefit paid to lan...
Table of contents for 8 weeks arrears appeal / compensationWhen is tenant 8 weeks in arrears for direct payments?...
What is the LHA rate for my area?
The rent service have provided a useful site called lha-direct where you can search the local housing allowance rate...
Shared toilet – Single Room Ra...
We had an interesting question from one of our members, which this article attempts to answer. Q: Landlord has a flat...
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