Can you help?On Incapacity Ben. so can't get Housing Ben.-so all Incap goes on rent!!

dmg24

Jowo wrote: »

Also, it is completely irrelevant if you consider the rent reasonable for the local area - who the hell deemed it 'fair'? This isn't a term used in housing benefit calculations.

Rent Officers used to assess whether a rent was fair or not for HB purposes. Your information is wrong.

OP, is the claimant under 25?

fluffymovie

It sounds wrong to me. Let me see if I can explain myself.

Incapacity Benefit standard weekly amount for Long term - 91.40 per week.

As a single person, your applicable amount (what Govt say you need to live on) would be £65.45 per week but also you would qualify for a disability premium as you are on LT IB - £28.00

This means that you need £93.45 per week to live on but have £91.40 per week coming in. This would mean that you get full HB and full CTB.

If you get more than £91.40, just amend the calculation. If you want to e-mail me your details, or if you could detail the wording in your letters, I may be able to help further

dmg24

fluffymovie wrote: »

It sounds wrong to me. Let me see if I can explain myself.

Incapacity Benefit standard weekly amount for Long term - 91.40 per week.

As a single person, your applicable amount (what Govt say you need to live on) would be £65.45 per week but also you would qualify for a disability premium as you are on LT IB - £28.00

This means that you need £93.45 per week to live on but have £91.40 per week coming in. This would mean that you get full HB and full CTB.

If you get more than £91.40, just amend the calculation. If you want to e-mail me your details, or if you could detail the wording in your letters, I may be able to help further

I am guessing that the claimant gets the Age Addition on their IB.

Oldernotwiser

CazGreg wrote: »

I checked through all the figures on her letter and no, there is no misunderstanding or miscalculation. I will direct her to the resources suggested, thannk you.

As you have access to the letter, perhaps you could quote the relevant section?

Mupette

CazGreg wrote: »

Actually Jowo, the Housing Benefit form specifically asks if your rent has been 'assessed as fair' by the relevant body - and it has. I think my wording made it fairly clear this wasn't just a personal subjective judgement of the rent on mine or my friend's part!

I checked through all the figures on her letter and no, there is no misunderstanding or miscalculation. I will direct her to the resources suggested, thannk you.

I'm confused, i thought this post was about you.

And now you refer to a her, or is now all about your other thread involving your friend?

Oldernotwiser

Some people just can't get their story straight!