Housing Benefit Questions (HB, LHA, DSS)

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Housing benefit by Jag-man Started by Jag-man, 26-02-2012, 07:46 AM	1 response 1,195 views 0 likes	Last Post by Mrs Mug 26-02-2012, 09:38 AM

How to offer social housing?

Twig

Can anyone help, I am a landlord, & so far I have rented to working professionals as that is the type of tenants the property suited. However, how do I find out info about 'whats on offer' if I were to go down the social housing route, are there any websites that are geared around landlords and...
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19-02-2019, 08:41 AM
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theartfullodger

Think some claim to have skills, but often are useless at it......
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19-02-2019, 12:54 PM
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leaseholder64

You can't, generally, offer social housing as a profit making business. Social landlords are always charities. You can offer housing to the council or one of those charities, on a rent to rent basis, which is a commercial let to them. You can, of course take in tenants on housing related benefits....
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19-02-2019, 12:40 PM
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Mrs Mug

You would need to contact the particular council involved, and work with their system.

After googling "Rent to rent council", the following link came up.

https://new.enfield.gov.uk/services/...perty-to-rent/
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19-02-2019, 12:25 PM
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Moy

I have no experience other than what I've read on this great forum which is don't do it!...
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19-02-2019, 08:57 AM
Top up housing benefit

Thehitman2001uk

im a recent landlord letting through estate agents who will manage the rent. However the tennants who are moving in are on housing benefit and have been given housing benefit which is less a month than the rent. I know them well and they are prepared to pay the extra without the housing benefit and...
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18-01-2017, 23:13 PM
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Moderator2

Thehitman2001uk,

It's not LLZ policy to delete threads without very strong reason e.g. legal issues, I see no problems with this thread. Your attempts to unilaterally delete are not acceptable, you are in effect throwing the efforts of all those who offered you advice in the bin....
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25-01-2019, 14:23 PM
Housing Benefit query

Mickeyshell

Hello i am hoping someone can help with a query my 19 year old son is due to leave college soon and hoping to get an apprenticeship, when this happens I will lose my tax credits so I am wondering if I ask my landlord to put him on the tenancy when it is due for renewal soon will he be able to claim...
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19-01-2019, 11:32 AM
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nukecad

Just to note that you can no longer make a new claim for Housing Benefit except in a few particular circumstances, most people have to claim Universal Credit housing element now.

The particular circumstances are: if you have reached state pension age, if you have 3 or more children, if...
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19-01-2019, 16:35 PM
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theartfullodger

Suggest both you & your son check what benefits you might be entitled to after he leaves college: See
https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

I'm no expert in HB but don't think he HAS to be on tenancy for you to claim HB see e.g. Slough's HB application form... (no idea where...
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19-01-2019, 13:24 PM

Housing Benefit Questions (HB, LHA, DSS)

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