How does carer premium affect housing benefits

Mrsunseeker

I have been awarded carers allowence from May 2010 for looking after the wife. Her esa support benefit has been reduced by the same amount. She has also been given carer premium.
How does this benefit affect council tax and housing benefit. Does it increase it or does it reduce it.

guru1

If you get Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit, the local council will include an amount for the carer premium when they work out how much Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit you can get. copid from direct gov site if this helps

Mrsunseeker

guru1 wrote: »

If you get Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit, the local council will include an amount for the carer premium when they work out how much Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit you can get. copid from direct gov site if this helps

This is why I was aking has this is the only thing I can find out about it. It does not say if it increases or decreases the housing benefit.

cabbage

HI
Getting carers premium should not reduce your Housing/Council Tax Benefit although it can affect other benefits if you get a severe disability premium.

If you are getting the maximum housing benefit and council tax benefit then adding the carers premium will not give you more.

If you are not getting the full amount of HB/CTB and you now get carers premium then you may get more HB/CTB. The Local Authority work out your personal allowance depending on who lives at the home, if you are entitled to any premiums and add this together to give you an "applicable amount". They then compare this with your income. If you have less income than your applicable amount, they pay the difference as HB and CTB.

So the answer to your question could be that you may get more ctb/hb but if you are getting the maximum anyway then you wont