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Housing benefit changing from jan 2012 ( please help questions? )
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I have been waiting untill im over 25 to move out of my parents as then i will be able to get the single room rate of HB and get a one bedroom place, i can not share housing as i suffer anxiety and i am agrophobic/have social phobia.
I have just saved up enough to pay first month rent/ security deposit and fees etc and was planning to move out in the new year when luckly i saw the new changes to HB ( below i copied and pasted )
What will the changes mean?
From 1 January 2012 single people aged from 25 to 34 will only be entitled to the Housing
Benefit shared accommodation rate. By single people we mean someone who is not
living:
• as a couple
• with dependent children.
The shared accommodation rate is based on the level of local rents for properties that are
not self contained. This usually means that there is a shared
• kitchen,
• bathroom,
• toilet or
• living room
If you already get Housing Benefit at the one bedroom rate your Housing Benefit may go
down if you move to the shared accommodation rate.
If your Housing Benefit is paid directly to your landlord, the amount your landlord gets for
your rent could go down.
If you are getting, or thinking of claiming Housing Benefit, you need to consider this
change before you renew or make a new tenancy agreement with a private landlord.
These changes will affect you if you:
• rent accommodation from a private landlord
• already get Housing Benefit, or are going to make a new claim
• are single
• do not normally have children living with you
• are under 35 years old
• live in a self contained property
These changes will not affect you if you:
• rent from a local authority or housing association.
• are aged under 22 and have been in care.
• live in supported housing provided by a housing association, registered charity,
voluntary organisation or a county council (in England).
•
get the severe disability premium in your benefit because you are entitled to the middle or higher rate care component of the Disability Living Allowance.
•
need an extra bedroom for a carer who provides you with the overnight care you need but who doesn’t normally live with you.
•
have spent at least three months in a
°
homeless hostel or
°
hostel specialising in rehabilitating and resettling within the community. To benefit from this exemption you need to have been offered and accepted support services to enable you to be rehabilitated or resettled in the community.
•
are managed under active multi-agency management under the Multi Agency Public
My question is am i right in thinking that at the moment i get lower rate DLA and thats mobility and care, to get sever disability thus being exempt from the new rule all i have to do is move out as planned and then im living on my own and it will be changed to Severe disability premium?
i hope you understand my question!
regards
I have been waiting untill im over 25 to move out of my parents as then i will be able to get the single room rate of HB and get a one bedroom place, i can not share housing as i suffer anxiety and i am agrophobic/have social phobia.
I have just saved up enough to pay first month rent/ security deposit and fees etc and was planning to move out in the new year when luckly i saw the new changes to HB ( below i copied and pasted )
What will the changes mean?
From 1 January 2012 single people aged from 25 to 34 will only be entitled to the Housing
Benefit shared accommodation rate. By single people we mean someone who is not
living:
• as a couple
• with dependent children.
The shared accommodation rate is based on the level of local rents for properties that are
not self contained. This usually means that there is a shared
• kitchen,
• bathroom,
• toilet or
• living room
If you already get Housing Benefit at the one bedroom rate your Housing Benefit may go
down if you move to the shared accommodation rate.
If your Housing Benefit is paid directly to your landlord, the amount your landlord gets for
your rent could go down.
If you are getting, or thinking of claiming Housing Benefit, you need to consider this
change before you renew or make a new tenancy agreement with a private landlord.
These changes will affect you if you:
• rent accommodation from a private landlord
• already get Housing Benefit, or are going to make a new claim
• are single
• do not normally have children living with you
• are under 35 years old
• live in a self contained property
These changes will not affect you if you:
• rent from a local authority or housing association.
• are aged under 22 and have been in care.
• live in supported housing provided by a housing association, registered charity,
voluntary organisation or a county council (in England).
•
get the severe disability premium in your benefit because you are entitled to the middle or higher rate care component of the Disability Living Allowance.
•
need an extra bedroom for a carer who provides you with the overnight care you need but who doesn’t normally live with you.
•
have spent at least three months in a
°
homeless hostel or
°
hostel specialising in rehabilitating and resettling within the community. To benefit from this exemption you need to have been offered and accepted support services to enable you to be rehabilitated or resettled in the community.
•
are managed under active multi-agency management under the Multi Agency Public
My question is am i right in thinking that at the moment i get lower rate DLA and thats mobility and care, to get sever disability thus being exempt from the new rule all i have to do is move out as planned and then im living on my own and it will be changed to Severe disability premium?
i hope you understand my question!
regards
Thanks every1 for making this website what it is, its helped me alot in the past!
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You need to be on middle or higher rate to be unaffected by the change.My question is am i right in thinking that at the moment i get lower rate DLA and thats mobility and care, to get sever disability thus being exempt from the new rule all i have to do is move out as planned and then im living on my own and it will be changed to Severe disability premium?
i hope you understand my question!
regards:footie:
Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. 0 -
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The DLA Mobility rate doesn't count. You would need to be on the middle or higher rate of the DLA care rate to be eligible. Since you are on the lower rate, you don't qualify.0
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ok thanks, i rang them and they said to fill out a new claim form to see if i would now be able to get higher rates.Thanks every1 for making this website what it is, its helped me alot in the past!0
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You don't mention that your health has worsened and the fact that you're now ready to live independently rather suggests that the opposite is the case.0
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