Can you get housing benefits paid to you directly rather than to the landlord?

clutton_2

Many thanks Goldshogun !! i've squirrelled this away for my next AST ! I have been very lucky and have not had any clawbacks - but you never know.

what are your plans when the current welfare reform act comes into force and forces local authorities to pay all housing benefit directly to the tenants ?

i am hoping to get my tenants to sign a "vulnerability" letter so that i can continue to get direct payment

Taffyscot

The saint couldn't you try to be just a little bit more sarcastic????????? Yes lots of question marks just for you. Not everyone is fortunate to be in your situation. My husband has Parkinson's Disease now at the age of 64. He has worked full time since he was 17 and now need assistance with housing. He is not a leech on society and never has been. We saw a lovely flat just right for us and it stated no DSS. We asked the letting agency if we could have the housing benefit paid directly to us and they said yes. So we applied for the flat and did not mention the terrible, dreadful DSS acronym. We have lived there for three years now and we are extremely clean, quiet and trustworthy. Please do not speak so derrogatery to someone who is far less fortunate than you.
Originally Posted by deary65
I have been dealing with the benefit agency for over twenty years so i'm familiar with the primary and secondary legislation which govern it's administration.
Well, that's something to wow your guests with at a dinner party.
They are under a statutory duty to make a payment within two weeks subject to them having all the information which they need to access the claim.
Fair enough, do they do this? No? Well so much for that nugget of information.
I use DSS in the general sense that it has become known, ie people on benefits! No need to use exclamation marks, it doesn't make you right when you are wrong. Why not get used to calling them housing benefit claimants, it's 2007.

Jeez where did they find you?
Also exclamation marks are made by people when they want you to laugh at something they have said. This obviously would not refer to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thesaint

Taffyscot wrote: »

The saint couldn't you try to be just a little bit more sarcastic????????? Yes lots of question marks just for you. Not everyone is fortunate to be in your situation. My husband has Parkinson's Disease now at the age of 64. He has worked full time since he was 17 and now need assistance with housing. He is not a leech on society and never has been. We saw a lovely flat just right for us and it stated no DSS. We asked the letting agency if we could have the housing benefit paid directly to us and they said yes. So we applied for the flat and did not mention the terrible, dreadful DSS acronym. We have lived there for three years now and we are extremely clean, quiet and trustworthy. Please do not speak so derrogatery to someone who is far less fortunate than you.
Originally Posted by deary65
I have been dealing with the benefit agency for over twenty years so i'm familiar with the primary and secondary legislation which govern it's administration.
Well, that's something to wow your guests with at a dinner party.
They are under a statutory duty to make a payment within two weeks subject to them having all the information which they need to access the claim.
Fair enough, do they do this? No? Well so much for that nugget of information.
I use DSS in the general sense that it has become known, ie people on benefits! No need to use exclamation marks, it doesn't make you right when you are wrong. Why not get used to calling them housing benefit claimants, it's 2007.

Jeez where did they find you?
Also exclamation marks are made by people when they want you to laugh at something they have said. This obviously would not refer to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not being sarcastic now, but what are you talking about?

peachespeaches

Just be aware that a housing benefit claim can take a long time to sort out. Maybe longer than a month. Have enough money to pay 2 months rent, then you will be on the safe side.

Gold_Shogun

clutton wrote: »

Many thanks Goldshogun !! i've squirrelled this away for my next AST ! I have been very lucky and have not had any clawbacks - but you never know.

what are your plans when the current welfare reform act comes into force and forces local authorities to pay all housing benefit directly to the tenants ?

i am hoping to get my tenants to sign a "vulnerability" letter so that i can continue to get direct payment

You're Welcome, and I hope the Document is of benefit to you in the future.

I also have a similar "Landlord Self-Protection" Document in respect of "Utility & Services Supplies" (Gas/Water/Electric/Etc) which you are welcome to download on the same basis as well, from here :-
http://www.ferengi.org.uk/GUEST/Landlord_UTILITIES_DECLARATION.pdf


It's a mite early to say at present as the "formal procedures & regulations" are yet to be fully finalised, but I'm reasonably confident that I will find a suitable alternative SSR solution if necessary.

I suspect the "Vulnerabilty" angle itself will probably be "overused" from early on, and consequently "counter-measures taken" by the Local Authorities ..... but a cunning Rat can usually find a hole to squeeze through.

Cheers
Bob

Mrs_pbradley936

Not sure if this thread is still active but here is a thread from a while ago about HB and legal implications:-

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=265693