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	EEA Natiional Hi, Please Help!! I have a client who is a Dutch National in reciept of Dutch Disability Benefit (this is apparently equivalent to ICB/ESA) of	wrteam	17-Aug-09 02:47 PM	0	307
	SE INCOME FOR NDEPS I've just been told this: 'if a non-dependant is self-employed it is the GROSS income before any deductions for business expenses, tax and nino tha	robzrob	15-Aug-09 08:22 AM by robzrob	3	510
	HB o/p is it to late to do anything..? Seen cli today - she has a current HB o/p dated back to 200/2001. She states that her sister (& niece) moved in with her for a period of 2 weeks wi	pipkin	11-Aug-09 02:38 PM by Kevin D	4	598
	Habitual Residency Test Required? Hi Claimant has been resident in supported housing since September 2009. Turned down for HB and IS/JSA - DWP & LA are saying she needs to pass HRT	Lostdog	11-Aug-09 11:44 AM by nick nicolson	7	885
	Housing Benefit/LHA rates for claimant with equal residence of son I would be grateful if anyone could provide me with thoughts, advice, etc for my client in the following situation. The client is single parent wit	benefit_advisor	06-Aug-09 03:47 PM by wwr	7	888
	HB meal deductions Hi, Am looking to try and clarify the postion regarding the above. Situation is that we have some properties where the meals are provided to the re	johnrob	05-Aug-09 10:31 PM by ariadne2	3	390
	Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit entitlement My client currently is on sponsorship undertaking, her sponsor (daughter)has left the country (UK), no longer providing any financial support for her	cuongchu	01-Aug-09 02:49 PM by cuongchu	3	428
	"Time limits for appealing to FTT" New SI in news Does this close the HB loophole where, should one ask for an explanation of a decision it fires up new appeal rights? I've not needed to look at it	Dan_manville	30-Jul-09 02:38 PM by Kevin D	2	440
	Non - commercial - appeal to comissioners? My client rented a room in his Aunt's house for £200 /month. It was fairly informal - Aunt had never let property before. At the time of the HB claim	scarcab	30-Jul-09 11:52 AM by nevip	1	457
	Birthday Cards We are looking at extracting data on household's who are due to have a significant birthday i.e. non dep's turning 18 or 25 kid's leaving school a	MargaretGarner	30-Jul-09 11:40 AM	0	373
	Non-dep deductions & GPC - disregard I have a question - I have been out of the HB game a while now so my knowledge is a bit rusty - but I have a query... Pensione r on GPC has her daug	HBSpecialists	29-Jul-09 05:05 PM by HBSpecialists	2	384
	CH 2727 2008 ANYONE HAS A COPY OF THE ABOVE COMMISSIONER'S DECISION? THANKS	chineseadviser	28-Jul-09 09:09 AM by shawn	2	427
	Treatment Of Income Recently a colleague (ex-DWP) told me that, at DWP, when assessing JSA, IS, etc, income is looked at ‘forward’. So, for example, a claimant’s wages r	robzrob	27-Jul-09 01:40 PM by robzrob	2	415
	Shared Ownership - Who should pay service charge? If someone is living in a shared ownership property - Renting 70% and owning 30% (Mortgage) who should pay the eligible service charge? I have a case	fulham	27-Jul-09 09:33 AM by jmembery	2	448
	Overpayment recovery from Letting Agent or Landlord? I need a little bit with this one! If a person is on HB or LHA and for various reasons it is being paid dirct to LL through LA. i.e the LL does not	Emma1973	27-Jul-09 08:01 AM by Kevin D	1	350
	Recovery of HB overpayment from surviving partner's benefit. Try this for size: Clt tells me LA is recovering an OP which was originally paid on her late husband’s claim from her HB. He was retired and cla	Don C	24-Jul-09 12:18 PM by stainsby	14	961
	mental health tenant hasnt made a claim we have a tenant that was transferred to a new property last may. his HB claim ended. there was a lot of confusion at HB as to whether he had been dec	johnny	23-Jul-09 03:24 PM by johnny	10	644
	Muslim Mortgage Hi All, Im wondering if anyone has come accross this before. Client entered into Muslim Mortgage 2005 the bank own the property and he pay's ren	Phil Wiley	23-Jul-09 09:52 AM by Phil Wiley	3	468
	Housing benefit overpayment and integrated claim We have had an intregrated telephone claims system here for a while, eg call job seekers allowance claim line and they also do Housing Benefit and c	mpmap	22-Jul-09 11:52 AM by stainsby	2	405
	asylum seeker and benefits ... well blimey, i've now got 3 q.s in as many weeks !!! and a jolly cheery tuesday howdo :) have cl. who is from afghanistan and : was granted discr	Sayo	20-Jul-09 03:57 PM by Plato	2	475
	Delay in assessment leading to overpayment My client sent a letter to Hosuing benefit department on 10/02/09 to say that her working tax credits had reduced in the hope that she would receive	mpmap	17-Jul-09 10:13 AM by GAD	11	810
	self employed evidence client has been refused HB on grounds LA does not believe he is genuinely self-employed Polish national. However, HM Revenue and Customs accepts he is	dcarlin	15-Jul-09 06:25 PM by Kevin D	7	639
	HB overpayment Hello, hope someone can help me. One of our residents was paid JSA from June to November last year & then a training payment administered by Job Cent	irene	15-Jul-09 05:14 PM by ariadne2	6	425
	urgent query re housing benefit assessment powers with regard to immigration status issues Dear all Can anyone help with establishing the powers of housing benefit officers/local authorities to independently assess the eligibility of a pe	elane	13-Jul-09 12:31 PM by elane	3	414
	Housing Benefit fraud investigation Hi, I have been contacted by a fraud investigation officer from a local authority. The officer has advised me that they are currently investigate	johnrob	10-Jul-09 09:34 AM by stainsby	6	994
	relevant change of circumstances Hi folks, I vaguely recollect a court decision or commissioners decision that found that a person does not have to report a change in circumstances	SimonMee	10-Jul-09 06:14 AM by Kevin D	4	459
	minors and HB claims Can anyone clarify please. If a minor suceeds to a secure tenancy (in equity not in law), do they become eligible to pay rent (or treated as eligi	K Long	09-Jul-09 02:47 PM by K Long	3	454
	HB and R2R with Maternity Allowance My A8 national client has left employment and is claiming JSA - should be OK as has done more than 1 year under WRS. She will be entitled to MA from	pclc	09-Jul-09 11:08 AM by nick nicolson	1	360
	Claiming CT benefit whilst owning 2nd property Hi there! Came across an interesting topic the other day! Person is in financial difficulties and wishes to claim CT benefit. He owns a 2nd propert	Emma1973	08-Jul-09 08:39 AM by Kevin D	1	369
	Recovery of Housing Benefit overpayment - Court enforcement I've not come across this before, & wonder it anyone can throw some light on it. Client has HB overpayment - has not been able to pay it off. She re	Derek	03-Jul-09 04:19 PM by Kevin D	12	1273

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