Housing benefit single person living on own

calcotti

A periodic tenancy is fine.

poppy12345

UKSBD said:

poppy12345 said:

He will need a tenancy agreement to be able to claim for help with the rent through UC.

If his health condition limits is capability to work then he should report his health condition and then send in a fit note from his GP.

No idea if he has a fit note or not but he says NHS is helping him now (don't really know what he means by that though yet)

He will need to get the fit note from his GP. When claiming UC you're classed as a job seeker until a decision on a work capability assessment says otherwise. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-if-you-have-a-disability-or-health-condition-quick-guide/universal-credit-if-you-have-a-disability-or-health-condition

UKSBD

poppy12345 said:

UKSBD said:

poppy12345 said:

He will need a tenancy agreement to be able to claim for help with the rent through UC.

If his health condition limits is capability to work then he should report his health condition and then send in a fit note from his GP.

No idea if he has a fit note or not but he says NHS is helping him now (don't really know what he means by that though yet)

He will need to get the fit note from his GP. When claiming UC you're classed as a job seeker until a decision on a work capability assessment says otherwise. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-if-you-have-a-disability-or-health-condition-quick-guide/universal-credit-if-you-have-a-disability-or-health-condition

Would he still get UC and the housing element if he hasn't got a fit note yet and is classed as a job seeker?

poppy12345

Yes he will. His UC will include the standard element for single person (over 25) £334.91 (Amount from April) and the housing element. UC is also paid monthly.

UKSBD

calcotti said:

You must have entered something incorrectly on entitledto.

I just tried again and got the same on entitledto

Both the other recommended calculators said the LHA was about £150 a week when filling in the same details

see screenshot from entitledto

poppy12345

That's clearly incorrect. You don't really need to use a benefits calculator because he'll be entitled to this

poppy12345 said:

 His UC will include the standard element for single person (over 25) £334.91 (Amount from April) and the housing element. UC is also paid monthly.

Therefore, you just need to add the LHA 1 bedroom rate for the area where he lives. Put his postcode in here and drop the box to 1 bedroom. https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/

Then add the 2 amounts together.

He should also be aware of the benefit cap. See link. https://www.gov.uk/benefit-cap

There's a 9 month grace period where it won't apply if he worked in the past 9 months and earned at least £604 per month. All details are in the link provided above.

UKSBD

poppy12345 said:

That's clearly incorrect. You don't really need to use a benefits calculator because he'll be entitled to this

poppy12345 said:

 His UC will include the standard element for single person (over 25) £334.91 (Amount from April) and the housing element. UC is also paid monthly.

Therefore, you just need to add the LHA 1 bedroom rate for the area where he lives. Put his postcode in here and drop the box to 1 bedroom. https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/

Then add the 2 amounts together.

He should also be aware of the benefit cap. See link. https://www.gov.uk/benefit-cap

There's a 9 month grace period where it won't apply if he worked in the past 9 months and earned at least £604 per month. All details are in the link provided above.

Thanks,
I assumed it was wrong, especially after double checking on the others.
Frightening though if it is the calculator making the mistake rather than me.

If you have time can you see if you get a similar result, if so, it really needs reporting to entitledto or it will shock a lot of people.

I've tried tweeting them already to ask if it's a bug

poppy12345

UKSBD said:

poppy12345 said:

That's clearly incorrect. You don't really need to use a benefits calculator because he'll be entitled to this

poppy12345 said:

 His UC will include the standard element for single person (over 25) £334.91 (Amount from April) and the housing element. UC is also paid monthly.

Therefore, you just need to add the LHA 1 bedroom rate for the area where he lives. Put his postcode in here and drop the box to 1 bedroom. https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/

Then add the 2 amounts together.

He should also be aware of the benefit cap. See link. https://www.gov.uk/benefit-cap

There's a 9 month grace period where it won't apply if he worked in the past 9 months and earned at least £604 per month. All details are in the link provided above.

If you have time can you see if you get a similar result, if so, it really needs reporting to entitledto or it will shock a lot of people.

In this case a benefits calculator really isn't needed as advised. All you need is the LHA rate (link above) and then add that to the standard element.

When using the benefits calculator for my details it comes out exactly as i expect it to.

UKSBD

Looks like there was a mistake with their LHA rates for 22/23 they are checking it now.

https://twitter.com/entitledto/status/1505893341501792258

poppy12345

I checked it for myself this morning and there were no errors for me. As advised, you don't need the benefit calculator anyway.