Housing Benefit for Pensioner

lld01

dodger1 wrote: »

That's weird, all the government sites and indeed others simply say £145.40 with no mention of the £163.50.

These are housing benefit personal allowances, not the Pension Credit minimum guarantee amounts

£163.50 for those aged 65+ is to make account of any Savings Credit awards

dodger1

Housing_Benefit_Officer wrote: »

Tab down and you will see the additional added onto the amount if you are 65+

I can see it on your link plain enough but not on any other site,

https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/feb/04/state-pension-everything-you-need-to-know

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/Factsheets/FS48_Pension_Credit_fcs.pdf?dtrk=true (scroll down to 7)

All these say the minimum is £145.40 made up of the state pension plus other bits such as Serps, S2P, Pension Guarantee Credit, Pension Savings Credit etc. Going by your link it appears they are saying we need £163.50 to live on but many will get £145.40.

dodger1

lld01 wrote: »

These are housing benefit personal allowances, not the Pension Credit minimum guarantee amounts

£163.50 for those aged 65+ is to make account of any Savings Credit awards

So the £145.40 which is the minimum for all plus an extra for those with some kind of savings. Housing Benefit Officer said the £163.50 was the minimum amount the government said a single 65 year old needed to live on which confused me (not difficult).

lld01

dodger1 wrote: »

I can see it on your link plain enough but not on any other site,

https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/feb/04/state-pension-everything-you-need-to-know

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/Factsheets/FS48_Pension_Credit_fcs.pdf?dtrk=true (scroll down to 7)

All these say the minimum is £145.40 made up of the state pension plus other bits such as Serps, S2P, Pension Guarantee Credit, Pension Savings Credit etc. Going by your link it appears they are saying we need £163.50 to live on but many will get £145.40.

What his link shows it that those aged 65+ in receipt of Guaranteed Credit are "allowed" £163.50 before any income is taken into account for housing benefit purposes.

£145.40 (which can be made up with any number of sources, as long as some of it is GPC) plus £18.10 Savings Credit.