Housing Benefit, do I have to inform the Landlord of this or not ?

truewraith121

im self employed but getting HB as well but trying to move house to a private rented one is near impossible when you mention this but i heard that these days its paid to the tenant and doesn't have to be paid direct to landlord unless council house?

any advice or info on this would be very helpful.

thanks

NedS

If you move to a new property and want to claim help with housing, it will be a claim for UC (I think) as there are no new claims for HB.

UC is paid monthly to yourself (just like a salary) and you are responsible for paying your rent. There is no reason you need to tell the landlord.

poppy12345

NedS said:

If you move to a new property and want to claim help with housing, it will be a claim for UC (I think) as there are no new claims for HB.

Only if the person is moving to a different Local Authority (LA). If they are staying within the same LA then they can continue with HB.

As regards to telling the landlord about your benefits claim, some may request bank statements to prove you can afford the rent so they would see the HB payments going into your bank.