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Housing Benefit and Local Housing Allowance

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Local Housing Allowance, the new way Housing Benefit is calculated and paid.

Housing Benefit and Local Housing Allowance Resources

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Introduction
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Why is Local Housing Allowance being introduced?
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Who will be on LHA?
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How much will a tenant receive?
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How is the LHA set?
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How do I find out what the Local Housing Allowance rates for my property will be?
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How often are the rates reviewed?
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How does Local Housing Allowance affect landlords?
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Who is not affected by Local Housing Allowance?
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Can LHA payments be made to the landlord?
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Why are tenants being paid directly, in the first instance?
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If I already receive direct payment for some of my tenants, will these payments stop?
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What protection exists for tenants?
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What protection exists for landlords?
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Who decides if a tenant is likely to have difficulty in paying their rent?
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Can the tenant ask for their benefit to be paid to their landlord?
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Where direct payments are made to the Landlord, how long will they go on for?
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Won’t tenants spend their Local Housing Allowance on other things?
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Won’t this discourage landlords from letting their properties to claimants?
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Can I make direct payment a condition of the tenancy?
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Discretionary housing payments
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What appeal rights do I have against a payment decision?
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What appeal rights do I have against the levels of LHA?
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Accidental (slip of the pen) errors in the LHA rates
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Changes to LHA from April 2011 and proposed further changes

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