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Am I eligible for housing allowance?
SuzySu
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Hi
Please can someone help me to work out whether I am entitled to housing allowance. I have been on the LHA website but I am very confused with the result. I don't know if the figure I have been given is what I must pay, what I am entitled to claim or quite what it means
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Rather than post my financial details here in public I would prefer to PM someone if they have the time to help. I rent from a private landlord and I need 3 bedrooms (which is what I rent). My circumstances will be changing later in the year and I need to know whether I can afford to keep living here.
Many thanks
Please can someone help me to work out whether I am entitled to housing allowance. I have been on the LHA website but I am very confused with the result. I don't know if the figure I have been given is what I must pay, what I am entitled to claim or quite what it means
.Rather than post my financial details here in public I would prefer to PM someone if they have the time to help. I rent from a private landlord and I need 3 bedrooms (which is what I rent). My circumstances will be changing later in the year and I need to know whether I can afford to keep living here.
Many thanks
YOUR = belonging to you (your coat); YOU'RE = you are (I hope you're ok)
really....it's not hard to understand :T
really....it's not hard to understand :T
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try the benefits board look at the forum jump tab0
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Search on google for LHA by postcode.0
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You've not given enough information. The LHA you'd be eligible for would depend on your income and how many people/kids/babies you have and what age/s they are.
And how that will change.0 -
I'd be happy to work it out for you if you want to PM me.0
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Thanks for your replies. I am a single parent of three children, one of whom is (hopefully) going off to Uni in September. I will lose CB, CTC and maintenance for her which amounts to approx £450/500 loss. I will have a boy and girl still at home which is why I need 3 bedrooms.
PoppySarah - I did the search and the figure came out at £196.15 but I have no idea what this means. Is it the amount I should pay, or the amount of benefit I could get or something else?
PasturesNew - income £20,000 (gross); rent £995 pcm, ages of children 18, 16, 15.YOUR = belonging to you (your coat); YOU'RE = you are (I hope you're ok)
really....it's not hard to understand :T0 -
It's the amount they'd give you if you were entitled to 100% LHA which depends on the other money you'd get. You'd not get more than that.0
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Thanks PoppySarah. How do I find out what else I need to consider. I have been on the entitledto site and it did not mention Housing Allowance.YOUR = belonging to you (your coat); YOU'RE = you are (I hope you're ok)
really....it's not hard to understand :T0 -
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Try putting your income, rent, council tax and LHA amount (£196.15, as you have already stated) into this calculator and it should work out what you would get:
https://eservice.rushcliffe.gov.uk/onlineservices/benefit_calculator/index.html0
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