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Please help me clarify what I'm entitled to

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  • Newcad
    Newcad Posts: 1,890 Forumite
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    edited 3 June at 6:05PM
    All bills and service charges CAN be included in UC Housing Element BUT:
    In a private rental there is a "cap" called rhe LHA rate. (Local Housing Allowance).
    The LHA rate is the most that benefits will pay in a Private Rental*.
    You will only get benefits towards rent up to your local LHA rate.
    Anything over that you have to make up yourself from elsewhere. (Or find somewhere cheaper).
    *The situation is different in a Social Rental 
  • marcia_
    marcia_ Posts: 3,688 Forumite
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    edited 4 June at 3:34AM
     If you do not live with your landlord you are not a lodger you are a tenant with legal rights regardless of what your agreement says. Post in the housing board for more information 
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