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  • Caz3121
    Caz3121 Posts: 15,913 Forumite
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    Anubis wrote: »
    As they are only entitled to the shared room rate of Local Housing Allowance for their area, it's unlikely they will be entitled to help with rent, as shared room rates are low.
    but as a couple they qualify for the one bedroom rate to be used in the calculations (obviously reduced by income)
  • Anubis_2
    Anubis_2 Posts: 4,077 Forumite
    Caz3121 wrote: »
    but as a couple they qualify for the one bedroom rate to be used in the calculations (obviously reduced by income)

    Ok, thanks, that's going to be slightly more then. I will correct my posting.
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  • cmhbyandco
    cmhbyandco Posts: 53 Forumite
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    Thank you everyone for your information. Excellent as always. Now to put it all into practice.
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