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Welcome to hbinfo

The One Stop Shop for housing benefit and council tax benefit information, including the most active discussion forums concerning benefits on the internet and the latest publications from the DWP, caselaw and legislation.

Legislation

The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 17, 19, 22, 23 and 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions. (Modification) (No. 2)) Order 2018

The Social Security (Treatment of Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans and Special Support Loans) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Circulars

A5/2019

A5/2019

A9/2019

Guidance

Peter Barker, Exempt and Mixed Age notes

housing-benefit-factsheet-3-discretionary-housing-payments

Housing Benefit Subsidy Claims – Local Authority Best Practice Guide (March 2015)

Caselaw

CH/824/2019

The claimant was on UC but this stopped because she was becoming a full time student. The UC rules meant she was not entitled for three weeks and t ...

Bulletins

LAWD 10/2019 lite

LAWD 10/2019 rev

LAWD 9/2019

Newsletters

Touchbase 138

Touchbase 137

Touchbase 136

Latest Forum Posts

When should HB be awarded to?

Andy Thurman - 16/11/2019

Two people renting room in HMO with separate tenancies form relationship

Andy Thurman - 16/11/2019

 

If these two receive passported benefits, the only real impact of the conundrum ...

when is a weekly rent a daily rent

Andy Thurman - 16/11/2019

It appears that these are daily liabilities that are administered on a weekly basis - would it re ...

War 'Disablement' Pension

Andy Thurman - 16/11/2019

Hi Paula, your post has intrigued me.

Latest News

universal credit amending regs

11/01/2019

Written statement made today in
Parliament "Universal Credit is a vital reform.
It overhauls a le...

LA letter

02/10/2018

Letter from Neil Couling to LAs ...

newsletter 1 August

03/08/2018

DWP has set out its vision of how managed
migration will work and it makes for very
interesting read...

newsletter 30 July 2018

31/07/2018

Claimants often own bits and pieces of property.
Sometimes in joint ownership or on divorce or
separ...