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Quick question
Murphybear
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Our Housing Association is very kindly gifting every tenant £200 at the end of May. This is to help pay electricity bills. As 70% of tenants claim housing benefit is this something to be declared or only if it were to take them over the savings threshold.
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I don't know to be honest but I can't see how the gift would be exempt although, unless it increases savings over a relevant threshold, I don't see any reason to declare it either.0
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Have you asked your HA about this? Did it not say anything about benefits when they told you that you would be getting it?
I am sure that they will have considered if it will affect benefits, there is no point in gifting such help if it's just going to be taken away from benefits.
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I would transfer the same amount to my energy account1
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