Welfare Benefits Officer, Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council, Kings l Member since 23rd Jan 2004
LHA & DHP Mon 07-Jul-08 10:09 AM
Hyperthetical questiion - if a client rents a single room for £90 pw, and the local LHA rate is £70, can the LA use DHP to go some way to making up the difference? .......
Welfare Rights Advisor (Learning Disabilities), Welfare Rights Service, Swinton Member since 22nd Feb 2005
RE: LHA & DHP Tue 08-Jul-08 12:04 PM
More than likely but remember that it is a discretionary payment and only given for a set amount of time - depending on the local authority's timescale. i.e payment could be for three or max six months before it ends and then they would need to find the difference themselves or reapply for the payments to continue, depends on the authority.