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

The Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments, Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2018

The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 5 ) Regulations 2017

Circulars

A6/2018

S10/2018

A5/2018

Guidance

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

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

Section 1 - Introduction

Caselaw

CH/0025/2018

The local authority wanted to pay HB by bacs. The claimant insisted on a cheque. The LA suspended the claim and then terminated it. You cannot do t ...

Bulletins

G6/2018

G5/2018

U1/2018

Newsletters

HB Direct Issue 185 July 2018

HB Direct 184 June 2018

Touchbase 127

Latest Forum Posts

When is a Universal Credit claimant considered a Universal Credit claimant???

peterdelamothe - 13/07/2018

It depends on when you became a full UC area...plus whether any exceptions applied.

young person in Specified Supported Accommodation

andrew_hodkinson - 13/07/2018

Hi, we had a similar case a couple of years ago.  Have a read of Section 20 of the children ...

CL moves, should get overlap, then claims UC - what can we pay.

wsm1 - 13/07/2018

I'm bumping this up - we have a similar scenario.

A UC claimant moves in to tempora ...

Reducing overpayments of HB via underpayments of HB

Ozzie Bird - 12/07/2018

Thanks Peter.

Latest News

Letter to local authorities

16/12/2017

Letter to Local Aauthorities from Neil Coulding ...

damning new evidence about UC administration

30/10/2017

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committe
eevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c...

A group of 31 MPs writes to urge the government to postpone the introduction of universal credit in their constituencies until after the festive period

08/08/2017

"We are concerned about the Department for Work
and Pensions’ proposed rollout of universal
credit...

Department for Work and Pensions welcomes new ministerial team

16/06/2017

The new team at the Department for Work and
Pensions is: Secretary of State – Rt Hon
David Gauk...