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Check your LHA Against Your Current Rent
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:o:oHi,we are a family of 4 living in a council flat we pay full rent and dont get benefits.....my flat is 2 bed and my daughter is now 11 and my son is 5 and really we need an extra bedroom but the council list is so long that it will take years for us to get a 3 bed property so ive started to look at private rent places but its just so expensive....i was hoping someone would be able to tell me if i find someone that takes housing benefit would the council let me move and help us with the part of the rent that we couldnt afford???? I just feel very stuck with not mant options....thanks.
As Julie03 says, don't be too swift to give up a secure tenancy in exchange for a move into the Private Rented Sector. Check out your options for a swap for a larger Council property. If you don't qualify for Local Housing Allowance in your current property then you won't in a PRS property unless your income changes.
Is there anyway you can temporarily divide the second bedroom by using a screen or shelving?0 -
That's a quote from Pastures New's two and a half year old post at the start of the thread . Sarah9905 has more recently posted on the end of the old thread.:)""So I'd be able to keep £15/week of that difference; if your rent is less than LHA you can keep £15/week.""
this is now coming to an end... i think it stops in October
The removal of the excess LHA payment is planned for April 20110 -
I am getting HB around £40.- per week. If I put my details in entitled to I should be getting over 100 if I was on LHA. The difference is HUUUUGE and would mean such a lot to me. I tried to ask council why the difference and didn't really get satisfactory answer.
Any suggestions how to proceed from here? I was going to go through all the HB papers and calculations just to check them (they also claim that I have been overpaid over £300 :mad:) and then go back to the council with all the calculations and ask again about the LHA against my SOA which is looking very sad."Everything will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end."
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