Rejected housing benefit

frogeyes68

Hi all
OK so im a little confused atm
I applied for housing benefit a month ago after going on entitledto
which said yes i would be entitled to housing benefit....but i then got rejected, can someone explain to me why its says i am but the council say im not, Im a single mother with 2 children working 18 hours a week coming out with £121 plus my working/child tax credits and child allowance of £214 every week i pay rent of 650 per month, do i get to much? am i missing something here!! im a little confused

pmlindyloo

frogeyes68 wrote: »

Hi all
OK so im a little confused atm
I applied for housing benefit a month ago after going on entitledto
which said yes i would be entitled to housing benefit....but i then got rejected, can someone explain to me why its says i am but the council say im not, Im a single mother with 2 children working 18 hours a week coming out with £121 plus my working/child tax credits and child allowance of £214 every week i pay rent of 650 per month, do i get to much? am i missing something here!! im a little confused

Did you get a letter explaining how your entitlement was worked out?

Did you check it to make sure that they had all the figures correct?

Very difficult to check for you since each council has its own housing allowance rates.

The online calculator can get it wrong, usually because the tax credits given are not what you are actually receiving.

Child Support is excluded from the calculations but tax credits are included.

frogeyes68

Iv not received the letter yet I called them today to see how it was going, ill wait till the letter turns up

Caz3121

what is the LHA rate for your area (I am assuming the 2 bedroom rate unless your children are over 10 and opposite gender) the LHA rate is used in the calculations not the actual rent.

frogeyes68

Three Bedrooms Rate:£126.92 per week

Caz3121

frogeyes68 wrote: »

i pay rent of 650 per month

frogeyes68 wrote: »

Three Bedrooms Rate:£126.92 per week

They will use the LHA rate in the calculations and not the actual rent (which is £100 per month higher)
If your children were same gender and both under 16 or different genders and both under 10 then they would use the 2 bedroom rate in the calculations

frogeyes68

both same gender two girls 14 and 18 the oldest goes uni end of september