Universal Credit and Housing Element

LocoLoco

Hello everyone,


Another UC question! Is the Local Area Housing Allowance rate the same whether you are claiming UC or Housing Benefit (we might be moving to a UC area so I am working out money)? And additionally to that, if we've switched to UC and then I'm able to go back to work, is that then a completely new claim or do they just adjust the current claim to take into account the new salary?


Many thanks in advance

huckster

Housing can vary.

Better to use a benefits calculator such as Entiltledto or Turn2us, to get an idea of how much you can claim.

UC is a benefit for those in or out of work. If you are not fit for work beyond about a month, you will be referred for a work capability assessment.

LocoLoco

huckster wrote: »

Housing can vary.

Better to use a benefits calculator such as Entiltledto or Turn2us, to get an idea of how much you can claim.

UC is a benefit for those in or out of work. If you are not fit for work beyond about a month, you will be referred for a work capability assessment.

Thank you, I've worked it out twice and got slightly different results (once going by the rates on the Gov page and once through EntitledTo) but both show me being slightly better off on UC which surprised me as most people seem to be worse off under the new system (from what I've heard). I'll keep checking it anyway. I'm not working at the moment as I care for my (disabled) son but we may be finally getting support in place for him so that I can go back to work, it's just tricky trying to work out numbers but each scenario seems to work out okay Thank you for the help.