Housing Benefit & Council Tax

HARLIEBARLIE

HI,CAN ANYONE HELP ?.I HAVE USED THE BENEFIT CALCULATOR & THIS TELLS ME THAT WE ARE ENTITLEDC TO FULL HELP BUT MY LOCAL HOUSING SAY DIFFERENT.WE GET £223.24 PER WK, I AM DISABLED & GET DLA,MY PARTNER HAS AN UNDERLYING ENTITLEMENT TO CARERS ALLOWANCE.

dmg24

What reason does the council give for not allowing you the full amount? I imagine it is to do with your rent being too high for your area?

Does anybody else live in your property?

HARLIEBARLIE

Hi,rent Is £66.15 Per Wk.they Say Our Income Is More Than The Applicable Amount,no Teres Only Me & My Partner.

dmg24

What income do you have?

HARLIEBARLIE

INCAPACITY £196.90p,& £26.34p INDUSTIAL INJURIES BENEFIT (PER WK).THEY DISREGUARD THE DLA ACCORDING TO THEM.

dmg24

Do you have any savings, and how old are you?

dmg24

Have just checked the entitledto.co.uk calculator as the above didn't seem right.

entitledto gives an entitlement of approx £10 per week, which tallies with your LA's calculation.

TBH £223.24 per week is quite a decent income, giving an annual income of £11608.48.

HARLIEBARLIE

Im 42 & Partner Is 41.no,no Savings:( .

dmg24

I am assuming that you wife also claims IB, and you both get the Age Addition?

If so, the figure does seem correct. Sorry x

dmg24

I'm sorry to hear that you have had such a bad time HarlieBarlie, and I'm glad that you have found a supportive partner x

With regard to the HB, I do think that the LA's calculation is correct. If you still have the award letter that details their exact calculation, then feel free to post the figures used, but if they are the same as above, then it is correct.

If you need to ask anything else, feel free ... and welcome to MSE x

HARLIEBARLIE

hi dmg 24,forgot to ask yesterday,my partner has an underlying entitlement to carers allowence,is this added on top of the income for h/b or is it added on to the applicable amount.she only just got the letter to confirm the above,so we got to go housing on monday.thanks.