LHA any idea if I will get it?

GEEGEE8

I've read the forums and the Government website, but I still can't work out if it's worth all of the forms if I'm not going to be entitled..

So;

Income £15000
Age: 26
Living on my own in private rented accomodation
No children

I have check the amount of LHA and that is fine, I just don't know whether I can get it or not as when I do the online calculator for benefits it doesn't come up

Am I being silly and missing something.. :o

fluffymovie

Basically, the amount the Govt state a single person needs to live on is £65.45 from April.

Your income would be £15000 gross so that is £288.46 per week gross.

As you are over 25, if you are working more than 30hrs per week, we would disregard £5 and a further £17.10 from your earnings.

The rest would be classed as excess income and you would need to pay 65% of this towards your rent before LHA is paid.

If this 65% is more than your LHA, you won't get anything. If your 65% is less than the LHA rate for your 1 bedroom accommodation, you would get the difference

karenx

if its not showing up I doubt you will get it. The lha amount is the maximum they will pay, as you are working it would be less

GEEGEE8

Oh right, okay.. they don't mention any of this on the website.. thank you..

I live in a 2bed flat, but the LHA for my area and the 1 room I am entitled to claim is £97.81.

Rent is £325 a month.

Sorry to ask, I can quite work it all out..

GEEGEE8

I work 40 hrs a week.

BLT_2

GEEGEE8 wrote: »

I've read the forums and the Government website, but I still can't work out if it's worth all of the forms if I'm not going to be entitled..

So;

Income £15000
Age: 26
Living on my own in private rented accomodation
No children

I have check the amount of LHA and that is fine, I just don't know whether I can get it or not as when I do the online calculator for benefits it doesn't come up

Am I being silly and missing something.. :o

Found an online benefits calculator and it seems that on your gross income, assuming you get 1250.00 per month, you may be entitled to 6.38 per week in housing benefit :-) However I believe LHA is based upon you occupying a one bedroom property.

If however the calculator is correct, 25 quid in your pocket is better than in theirs

GEEGEE8

£1250 a month gross salary yes.
Okay, well it might be worth filling it in and sending it off.
My working tax credit have ended now, due to me earning more and I'm struggling with budgeting each month, just trying to make sure I get what I'm entitled to as I didn't realise I could get WTG til half way through the year and so missed out on that last tax year.

burkey365

Is LHA available to people who rent from a housing association such as Places For People...i rent from them and on benefits so a bit confused how the criteria is met

Caz3121

LHA is for private lets, housing association lets are dealt with by housing benefit

burkey365

Thanks Caz for explaining, i could never get to rips with it much apreciated

Macro_3

£15000 gross is about £236/week net. Your income for benefits purposes would be (236 - 17.10 - 5) = 213.90

Your applicable amount is £65.45, so your excess income is 213.90-65.45 = 148.45

For every £1 of excess income you would have to contribute 65p to your rent, so 65p for every £1 of your excess is (148.45*0.65) = £96.50.

Therefore, as your rent is only £75 per week you would not qualify.