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Signing off JSA, LHA run on for 4 weeks?
MikeJ74
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If someone signs off JSA to start S.Employment how do you go about applying for a run on of housing allowance?
Then if after 4 weeks you are not making much profit can you then apply for S.E based LHA?
Then if after 4 weeks you are not making much profit can you then apply for S.E based LHA?
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To be entitled to the run on you must have been claiming JSA for 26 weeks without ANY gaps (not even a day) and the job that you are taking must be going to last for at least 5 weeks. If you satisfy this criteria, the run on should be automatic. After this, you would need to apply for Housing/Council Tax benefit on the basis of a low wage from your local council.0
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Just to add, it has to be income based jsa that ends when you start work, contribution based isn't sufficientI currently manage a Housing Benefit service and have been working in Housing / council tax benefit (as was) since 2001.
All views expressed in my posts are my own opinions and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.0 -
If you are entitled to the run on the job centre will notify the council automatically, although it never hurts to go to the council and make sure as I have found bureaucracy can sometimes rear it's head and mess things up.0
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