Training

Housing benefit

'Thanks to the training I can now
calculate housing benefit correctly ...'

Training Participant,
London Borough of Camden

This course covers:

  • Who is eligible for housing benefit
  • How to claim housing benefit
  • What housing benefit can pay for – including service charges and rent restrictions
  • Local housing allowance
  • Non-dependant deductions
  • Calculations for housing benefit

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Identify whether someone is entitled to claim housing benefit
  • Work out what date housing benefit should be paid from
  • Identify if housing benefit payments will be reduced because of service charge deductions or rent restrictions
  • Check if non-dependant deductions are correct
  • Calculate housing benefit for working and non-working claimants

Level: Introductory

CPD Hours: Five




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