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Housing benefit suspended - really worried I've messed up, help!

Reallyworried · 2017-09-27 18:22:27

I am a single parent and a full time student on a long course. I made a claim for child tax credits and housing benefit around 5 years ago. I had a terrible delay when it was first approved and had no money at all for a very long time as I also had no student finance approved and recall having to borrow £5 from a friend &…

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tboo Posts: 1,379 Forumite

28 September 2017 at 6:57PM

In my council the assessor dealing with the claim should have a diary on to catch each year but failing that we do periodic reviews to catch claims that haven't been looked at in a while but 5 years blimey

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