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Fraud by landlord?
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Thank you Bungarm - it does appear to that the LL is not committing fraud from your post (phew!).
I get the impression that the LL thinks they are getting one up on the LHA department, but per SouthCoast post, they aren't!
I did a bit of checking up on this issue today. From what I've read, it may well be a problem.
According to the Guide to HB and CTB 2007/08 (zebedee ward and lister) a change to rent IS a notifiable change even after the rent officer decision has been made.
However it then gets murky - they state that the rules on rent reducing below the Rent Officer level are "grey" (as the guide is 07/08 it hasn't got LHA) but that it's not uncommon for HB to be dropped to the rent level if it is below the RO level.
It's probably be dealt with in a similar way for LHA but for the extra £15 allowed being added on to the rent.0
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