statute barred housing arrears

Broken_hearted

Not sure if it happens now but when we left our council house 14 years ago we were told that the 4 weeks notice period would have no HB entitlement as we were considered to not need it.

tallyhoh

Broken_hearted wrote: »

Not sure if it happens now but when we left our council house 14 years ago we were told that the 4 weeks notice period would have no HB entitlement as we were considered to not need it.

I worked in HB at that time and unless your financial circumstances had changed you would still have been entitled.

Broken_hearted

Only thing that changed was we bought a house as the mortgage was cheaper than the rent even with the tiny bit HB.

tallyhoh

Broken_hearted wrote: »

Only thing that changed was we bought a house as the mortgage was cheaper than the rent even with the tiny bit HB.

You would have been entitled then, sounds like you were given duff information by someone. :mad: that is if you were still living in the council house & had no other property.

oscar52

Apologies for misinterpreting the original post:o No idea where I got overpayment from.

Thanks for that update from NDL fatbelly - although waht I said was loosely correct. It isnt barred, and can be recovered, albeit NOT through the courts and only from future benfits.

Anyway, sorry again for completely confusing the issue.