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housing benefit - first 3 days not paid

is it correct that when a person makes a claim for housing benefit that the first 3 days are not paid ?

also if a person who was working on a low income and got housing benefit, subsequently then lost their job and went on to cont jsa.. to claim full hb,thereby making a change of circumstances in respect of their ongoing claim, that the first 3 days of the financial change would not be paid still?

ithought that the 3 days would only apply once in respect of a claim unless there was a break in the claim

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  • nannytone_2
    nannytone_2 Posts: 13,012 Forumite
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    it isnt the first 3 days ... thats JSA.

    housing benefit is pauid from the monday after the day you put your claim in.

    thats why its always best to try to claim on a friday.
  • KILL_BILL
    KILL_BILL Posts: 2,183 Forumite
    nannytone wrote: »
    it isnt the first 3 days ... thats JSA.

    housing benefit is pauid from the monday after the day you put your claim in.

    thats why its always best to try to claim on a friday.

    it is not a new claim but a change in circumstances to an existing claim - finances so is that not different
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