Furloughed and housing benefit

jessy1

Please can anyone tell me if they know that if furloughed and knowing will now get £2000 I think net per month can I get housing benefit top now in form of universal credit of course to help pay my expensive private rent of £1200 per month. I have used the calculators but still confused as they are telling me that I will get £1000 in Universal credit which seems a bit generous?

calcotti

Because your UC entitlement entirely depends on your circumstances there is no way to give you a definite answer.
For Uc you would have a standard allowance and a housing element to help with rent. Note the help to rent is restricted by the Local Housing Allowance and will almost certainly be less than your actual rent. https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk
Your earnings will then be taken into account with a 63% deduction from the maximum UC amount (if you have children there will be a partial earnings disregard).