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housing benefit and capital
Hi I have a client who is in receipt of incapacity benefit. She owns her house and there is no outstanding mortgage. The property is worth about £60 | carljackson1 | 25-Jun-08 11:14 AM
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deprivation of capital
I have a client who is due to retire later this year. He will receive a pension which has a lump sum component..
He said he wants to use £10k of th | pipkin | 25-Jun-08 10:08 AM
by pipkin | 1 | 497 |
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basic HB challenge question
I am sorry if this is appears to be an easy one to answer - HB is not my specialist subject, but this comes up a lot.
Claimant claims HB, and is | K Long | 24-Jun-08 11:49 AM
by stainsby | 6 | 836 |
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moving to a new rented house from a shared equity house
Hi,
I've been scratching my head about this and have reached a mental block, please help!
I have a client who has recently eperated from her par | fincm900 | 24-Jun-08 10:32 AM
by nevip | 2 | 374 |
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Being Green. IT Query - Academy.
I’m sorry if this doesn’t fit in this forum, but I don’t know where else I’d get an answer.
We use Academy - a quite basic version, but I don’t kno | robzrob | 22-Jun-08 12:06 AM
by robzrob | 9 | 752 |
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Non-dependant deduction
I have a client who is having a £7.40 non-dep charge applied to his claim. Both he and I have asked the LA to look at this decision again in light of | jutucker | 20-Jun-08 04:24 PM
by stainsby | 3 | 774 |
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non dependant deductions
I have recently came across a series of scenarios where tenants are on full HB/CTB and they have a non dep who turns 18 and leaves the family househ | flair | 20-Jun-08 04:18 PM
by stainsby | 3 | 502 |
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Housing & CT benefit and disability premium
Hello all;
Had a bit of a time with housing benefit. The client receives full disability element of working tax credits, no disability premium be | mpmap | 20-Jun-08 12:25 PM
by AndyRichards | 10 | 1016 |
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LHA
Hello
Claimant and two <10 children thinking of moving - to become joint tenant with friend. 2 storey dwelling, the other tenant will have exclusi | robzrob | 17-Jun-08 10:23 AM
by Assessor | 1 | 436 |
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LHA rates
LHA rates are being revised and published each month. We have seen that some rates are going down from one month to the next, as well as some going u | Derek | 16-Jun-08 11:27 AM
by jmembery | 4 | 465 |
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More on disability premium and Tax Credit
Recent case. She was the HB claimant, they were in receipt of Tax Credit with the disability element. She was working, partner was disabled. Our as | robzrob | 13-Jun-08 07:49 PM
by ariadne2 | 1 | 415 |
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Moving onto LHA
Hi,
Does anyone know the procedure for transferring from HB onto LHA.
I have clients who would get a higher rate of benefit if on LHA due to | laura | 12-Jun-08 03:58 PM
by Nicola Wallace | 14 | 2213 |
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HB in B and B.
My cl is 62 and recently returned from Spain after living with his brother for 6 years.
He was found to be homeless and offered a flat which would ta | frodo | 12-Jun-08 01:33 PM
by paul__moorhouse | 9 | 573 |
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LHA
Forgive me if this is a daft question....
Is LHA reduced due to ineligible service charges and/or non dependant deductions?
Thank s | pclc | 11-Jun-08 03:33 PM
by pclc | 2 | 408 |
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HB on two homes
Any advice welcomed :
Tenant is living in rented accommodation and has to move into a second rented home due to a house fire.
Is HB paid for the | flair | 10-Jun-08 09:19 AM
by derek_S | 2 | 454 |
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Claim withdrawn by person sectioned under Mental Capacity Act
Hi, any help with this would be appreciated.
A tenant was sectioned under section 3 (i.e voluntarily) and entered secure unit but was allowed some fr | Alison Morgan | 10-Jun-08 06:59 AM
by claire hodgson | 5 | 647 |
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Housing benefit - notional captial and large over payment
was wondering if anyone has dealt with any similar cases and had some advice.
Lady is 74 years of age, she is suffering from Alzheimer’s and other | S Dodd | 09-Jun-08 03:27 PM
by mitch | 14 | 731 |
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HB on 2 (3) properties
I'm unsure on this one because of the circs.
Two lone parent sisters both currently have separate social housing tenancies. One sister is the victi | suelees | 09-Jun-08 02:46 PM
by suelees | 4 | 373 |
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LHA
Does anyone know what rate of LHA joint tenants should receive if they are over 25? I think they should get the shared accommodation rate but am not | jutucker | 09-Jun-08 08:44 AM
by stalbansbens | 8 | 628 |
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SMI exemption
Clutching at straws a bit here I suspect. Due to MH problems client has been a virtual recluse for several years and was unknown to professionals, no | BrianSmith | 04-Jun-08 01:40 PM
by SimonMee | 5 | 569 |
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LHA & supported tenancies
Our Learning Disability Team (Adult Social Services) has an increasing number of service users in supported tenancies. These are usually private tenan | dbcwru | 03-Jun-08 06:58 PM
by s.ennals | 9 | 817 |
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Switching to LHA
Apparently at a conference in London yesterday Paul Stagg gave the opinion that claimants could voluntarily switch to LHA.
According to the HBinf | Victor Ridding | 03-Jun-08 01:58 PM
by shawn | 9 | 1038 |
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HB overpayment due to loss of SDP
Hi
I am preparing to go to tribunal on behalf of my client but need some help as first time ! A brief outline of the case :
Client was in receipt of | ramsfan | 30-May-08 04:26 PM
by stainsby | 1 | 472 |
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Eligible rent
Client has Downes syndrome and lives in shared house with support from Social Services. He is working in a supported environment and claims WTC as a d | Dparr | 30-May-08 01:53 PM
by Dparr | 7 | 439 |
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Capita's Academy for Landlords
Not exactly a benefit query..
But noticed a lot of people on here work for RSL's..
Do any of you know whether your rents team use Academy for La | pipkin | 30-May-08 01:18 PM
by nick nicolson | 5 | 583 |
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Disregard of capital value of second home
Just a quick question. I should know the answer to this but it's been a long week and I just wanted to confirm this.
Tenant moved into rented accom | johnrob | 30-May-08 09:26 AM
by 1964 | 1 | 382 |
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Housing benefit in temp accommodation
Hi all,
I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction with something?
My client is in L/A temp accommodation and been found inte | Coach | 27-May-08 09:12 AM
by Coach | 8 | 670 |
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Deprivation of capital for benefit purposes
I have a client who owns a property outright in Scotland which he bought using Criminal Injuries Compension approx 5 years ago. He bought it so that | Sam Warburton | 22-May-08 12:27 PM
by nevip | 8 | 890 |
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Rent restrictions and DHP's - urgent
I would appreciate some help with the following (pre LHA) rent restriction issues:
1) For the purposes of rent restrictions, am I correct that a s | Tony Bowman | 22-May-08 12:20 PM
by Tony Bowman | 2 | 420 |
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Tax Credits
I have a customer not currently in receipt of either HB or Tax Credits. I have assessed her income and she would qualify for HB however she would ge | MargaretGarner | 22-May-08 09:58 AM
by MargaretGarner | 2 | 382 |
Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit
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