Don't have Housing proof letter for UC and landlady will not give a letter for UC ?

poppy12345

kayshaw555 said:

poppy12345 said:

Then it will be £900 x 12.

that's £10,800. omg. But don't they consider that i wont be living there for free and must be paying some rent and do a calculation according to the area i live in. 
How they charge this overpayment . In one go or weekly or monthly and what amount ?

Am very much stressed with this situation and feel like just making one letter and sign on behalf of my LL and submit to UC. How would they know. Its difficult for me to prove to UC about rent. 

I wouldn't advise you to write a letter and sign it on behalf of your LL because that could potentially get you into even more trouble.

Surely you had to withdraw the money each month from your bank account to be able to give it to your LL? So send bank statements to prove it was withdrawn, although it's not proof that it was used to pay your rent or liablity to pay it but it's a start.

kayshaw555

poppy12345 said:

kayshaw555 said:

poppy12345 said:

Then it will be £900 x 12.

that's £10,800. omg. But don't they consider that i wont be living there for free and must be paying some rent and do a calculation according to the area i live in. 
How they charge this overpayment . In one go or weekly or monthly and what amount ?

Am very much stressed with this situation and feel like just making one letter and sign on behalf of my LL and submit to UC. How would they know. Its difficult for me to prove to UC about rent. 

I wouldn't advise you to write a letter and sign it on behalf of your LL because that could potentially get you into even more trouble.

Surely you had to withdraw the money each month from your bank account to be able to give it to your LL? So send bank statements to prove it was withdrawn, although it's not proof that it was used to pay your rent or liablity to pay it but it's a start.

Thanks . Yes but its not all in one go. Small amounts as with cash machine in a day cant withdraw more than £300. plus she was ok with me paying in parts and i would give her money when she wanted.  Am just stressed and don't want a burden of £10000  

poppy12345

Then all you can do is speak to her children and ask them for a letter. Other than that i have no idea what else you can do but please don't write a letter and sign it on behalf of your LL.

kayshaw555

poppy12345 said:

Then all you can do is speak to her children and ask them for a letter. Other than that i have no idea what else you can do but please don't write a letter and sign it on behalf of your LL.

@poppy12345 for your concern and suggestions. Hopefully am sure they must be a way out. Even if i had to pay i don't want the burden of paying back in one go or less installments. 

lisyloo

Doesn’t matter if the cash withdrawals are irregular.
you need to follow the advice to provide whatever evidence you can before 2/7.

kayshaw555

lisyloo said:

Doesn’t matter if the cash withdrawals are irregular.
you need to follow the advice to provide whatever proof you can before 2/7.

I do have proof of identity ( phone bills, hmrc letter, driving license ) , proof that i have been living there long time. which i can upload from abroad. 

poppy12345

kayshaw555 said:

poppy12345 said:

Then all you can do is speak to her children and ask them for a letter. Other than that i have no idea what else you can do but please don't write a letter and sign it on behalf of your LL.

@poppy12345 for your concern and suggestions. Hopefully am sure they must be a way out. Even if i had to pay i don't want the burden of paying back in one go or less installments. 

They will calculate what you received in total for the time you claimed and then will recalculate what you should have received (minus the housing element) and the difference will be the overpayment amount. You won't have to pay it back in one lump sum.

lisyloo

kayshaw555 said:

lisyloo said:

Doesn’t matter if the cash withdrawals are irregular.
you need to follow the advice to provide whatever proof you can before 2/7.

I do have proof of identity ( phone bills, hmrc letter, driving license ) , proof that i have been living there long time. which i can upload from abroad. 

Proof that you live there is not sufficient.
You could have lived there for free (for example).

The suggestion was to supply proof of payment.
do you have proof of £900 withdrawn every month or not ? (Doesn’t matter if it’s £300x3)
This should be on your bank statements and you should be able to access on line.

kayshaw555

poppy12345 said:

kayshaw555 said:

poppy12345 said:

Then all you can do is speak to her children and ask them for a letter. Other than that i have no idea what else you can do but please don't write a letter and sign it on behalf of your LL.

@poppy12345 for your concern and suggestions. Hopefully am sure they must be a way out. Even if i had to pay i don't want the burden of paying back in one go or less installments. 

They will calculate what you received in total for the time you claimed and then will recalculate what you should have received (minus the housing element) and the difference will be the overpayment amount. You won't have to pay it back in one lump sum.

When they calculate housing benefit overpayment would they or can they replace it with LHA. Infact my LHA entitlement is more than housing allowance.  LHA is £295 weekly. 

huckster

How much UC have you received each month since you made the claim ?

If you had any deductions made for employment earnings for example, you may have received a net UC award much less than the Housing amount.   Housing is just one part of the monthly award calculation.

When the Housing is removed, for each UC monthly award they will recalculate the award as already stated.