Housing Benefit (HB), Local Housing Allowance (LHA), Council Tax Benefit (CTB) & Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI)

Given the changes proposed in the budget of 2010 we have decided to run a forum on the changes to Housing Benefits (including Local Housing Allowance) and Council Tax benefit to facilitate making information available.

Topic	Replies	Views	Created	Last reply
Sticky: Housing Benefit: Changes to the Local Housing Allowance Arrangements	10	1021	by kevin 02/12/2010 - 5:40pm	by anonymous (not verified) 27/04/2012 - 3:40pm
Sticky: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Good Practice Guide - DWP	0	93	by John 03/04/2012 - 3:27pm	n/a
Sticky: Tenure rights and responsibilities	5	382	by kevin 09/12/2010 - 9:24am	by anonymous (not verified) 01/01/2012 - 7:17am
Sticky: Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI)	4	297	by John 17/10/2011 - 10:41am	by John 12/12/2011 - 3:30pm
Sticky: HB/CTB Bulletins - DWP	10	348	by kevin 11/08/2010 - 2:30pm	by kevin 12/05/2011 - 6:18am
Sticky: The Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010	1	397	by kevin 12/10/2010 - 3:56pm	by kevin 26/01/2011 - 10:00am
Sticky: Local Housing Allowance Regulations	2	326	by kevin 30/11/2010 - 4:36pm	by kevin 19/01/2011 - 5:40pm
Sticky: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit administration subsidy distribution for 2011/12 - S5/2010	0	569	by John 30/11/2010 - 7:41pm	n/a
Sticky: Changes to the HB and CTB Decisions and Appeals Regulations - Statement of reasons time limited - A20/2010	0	577	by John 29/10/2010 - 12:29pm	n/a
Sticky: Integration of a claim for ESA and Housing/Council Tax Benefit	0	437	by John 06/10/2009 - 10:03am	n/a
Housing Benefit Claims reach 5 million in February 2012	0	15	by John 21/05/2012 - 8:47am	n/a
Amount of local housing allowance where extra bedroom required due to needs of disabled person - rightsnet.org.uk	0	28	by John 17/05/2012 - 12:02pm	n/a
Landlords warned off bedroom tax loophole - Reducing official number of bedrooms could impact on loan agreements	0	28	by John 08/05/2012 - 11:01am	n/a
Fears welfare reforms will increase fast-track evictions - insidehousing.co.uk	1	78	by John 30/04/2012 - 2:56pm	by anonymous (not verified) 01/05/2012 - 4:49pm
2011 UKUT 456 AAC CH 887 2011 - Housing & Council Tax benefit; recovery of overpayments; offiical error	0	44	by John 30/04/2012 - 3:08pm	n/a
In-work households account for almost all (93 per cent) of the increase in the number of HB claimants in 2010 and 2011	0	28	by John 03/04/2012 - 2:37pm	n/a
Renting a two bedroom home in London is unaffordable for families earning less than £52,000, according to Shelter	0	83	by John 28/03/2012 - 2:32pm	n/a
HB/CTB G2/2012 - Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - 'freezing' rates from April 2012	0	157	by John 29/02/2012 - 2:38pm	n/a
Extra Housing Benefit support for Londoners	0	57	by John 29/02/2012 - 2:33pm	n/a
"Ken Loach: Government is 'cleansing' London" - insidehousing.co.uk	2	184	by John 22/02/2012 - 2:55pm	by anonymous (not verified) 22/02/2012 - 5:24pm
Councils forced to meet housing benefit shortfall - insidehousing.co.uk	0	147	by John 03/02/2012 - 2:45pm	n/a
Research questions prime minister's rent claim - insidehousing.co.uk	0	143	by John 31/01/2012 - 2:38pm	n/a
HB/CTB A1/2012 Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit: 2012/13 Uprating	1	244	by John 09/01/2012 - 6:12pm	by anonymous (not verified) 11/01/2012 - 2:57pm
Housing benefit cuts defeated by House of Lords in welfare reform vote	4	328	by John 16/12/2011 - 5:09pm	by anonymous (not verified) 03/01/2012 - 4:13pm
Localising support for council tax in England: Consultation ends 14th October 2011 - Abolition of CTB	3	778	by John 08/08/2011 - 4:12pm	by anonymous (not verified) 22/12/2011 - 6:13pm
HB/CTB G10/2011 - Gender Reassignment Project and Fraud updates	0	338	by John 20/12/2011 - 1:00pm	n/a
Council Tax changes won’t benefit Londoners - www.londoncouncils.gov.uk	0	85	by John 16/12/2011 - 5:01pm	n/a
Additional £30m for local authorities to support tenants in adapted accommodation and foster carers	0	103	by John 16/12/2011 - 4:52pm	n/a
Tenants face £26 a week cut for under-occupation - insidehousing.co.uk	0	105	by John 12/12/2011 - 1:16pm	n/a
IDS hints at rethink over ‘bedroom tax’ - insidehousing .co.uk	0	100	by John 12/12/2011 - 1:14pm	n/a
Westminster council to draft 'civic contracts' for benefit recipients - guardian.co.uk	0	127	by John 12/12/2011 - 12:41pm	n/a
Housing benefit cuts: young people face a homelessness 'perfect storm' - guardian.co.uk	0	113	by John 05/12/2011 - 5:16pm	n/a
Cap on household benefit income from 2013 - rightsnet.org.uk	2	221	by John 23/11/2011 - 8:35pm	by anonymous (not verified) 30/11/2011 - 5:02pm
HB/STB S11/2011 - Risk-based Verification of HB/CTB Claims Guidance	0	281	by John 11/11/2011 - 12:37pm	n/a
Communities and Local Goverment - Proposed council tax changes - consultation ends 29th December 2011	0	278	by John 01/11/2011 - 2:59pm	n/a
More Homes: Fewer Empty Buildings	2	274	by kevin 21/03/2011 - 10:40am	by anonymous (not verified) 27/10/2011 - 9:41am
Government rejects direct payment of Housing Benefit amendment	0	118	by John 24/10/2011 - 12:21pm	n/a
HB/CTB G8/2011 Tribunal Registrars, Statutory Instruments, Fraud Guidance and recent HB/CTB circulars	0	272	by John 24/10/2011 - 12:16pm	n/a
More than a million families could lose out in Council Tax Benefit changes - TUC	1	123	by John 19/10/2011 - 12:54pm	by anonymous (not verified) 23/10/2011 - 8:41am
Changes to the shared accommodation rate (SAR) from 1 January 2012	0	194	by John 19/10/2011 - 1:32pm	n/a
Charity mounts legal challenge over housing benefit cuts	3	335	by kevin 07/03/2011 - 3:46pm	by John 14/10/2011 - 2:17pm
Localisation of Council Tax Benefit is a risk and ‘an illusion’, say MPs	0	122	by John 14/10/2011 - 2:10pm	n/a
DWP looking for social landlords to pilot direct payments of Housing Benefit - Housing Benefit Direct issue 118 October 2011	0	233	by John 05/10/2011 - 9:26am	n/a
Borough to license all private landlords - insidehousing.co.uk	0	136	by John 28/09/2011 - 11:50am	n/a
HB/CTB S8/2011 - Councils to carry forward Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) Funding to 2012/13	0	242	by John 26/09/2011 - 2:07pm	n/a
Southwark Council preparing for 25% leap in homelessness	0	247	by John 15/09/2011 - 2:24pm	n/a
Manchester - City threatened by £8 million benefit cut - Insidehousing.co.uk	0	138	by John 31/08/2011 - 1:31pm	n/a
Private landlords plan to snub tenants on benefits - insidehousing.co.uk	0	143	by John 22/08/2011 - 3:45pm	n/a
The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Statutory Instruments 2011 No. 1736 SAR increase to 35 years old 1st Jan 2012	1	974	by John 21/07/2011 - 8:07pm	by anonymous (not verified) 05/08/2011 - 11:06am
Social housing reform: the road to nowhere?	5	453	by kevin 27/01/2011 - 9:30am	by anonymous (not verified) 04/08/2011 - 6:19am
Housing benefit cuts: the return of the Bed and Breakfast family - Guardian	0	158	by John 25/07/2011 - 4:02pm	n/a
3 in 5 local authorities think that local housing allowance changes will affect decisions about discretionary housing payments	0	200	by John 07/07/2011 - 4:26pm	n/a
Committee raises concerns about uncertain impact of housing benefit changes	4	385	by kevin 22/12/2010 - 5:20pm	by John 05/07/2011 - 7:22pm
Circumstances in which a criminal offence is committed for non-notification of a change of circumstances - High Court Judgement	0	619	by John 20/06/2011 - 5:11pm	n/a
Full Equality Impact Assessment for Affordable Rent Policy - Dept Communities & Local Government	0	294	by John 10/06/2011 - 12:59pm	n/a
Disabled to be hit by spare room benefit cut	0	154	by John 26/05/2011 - 8:08pm	n/a
An evaluation of the January 2009 and October 2010 arrangements for Support for Mortgage Interest - RR740	0	178	by John 25/05/2011 - 7:09pm	n/a
HB/CTB G5/2011 20 May 2011 - Overpayments & undelying entitlements	0	458	by John 25/05/2011 - 7:04pm	n/a
DWP Statistical Summary	2	308	by kevin 14/04/2011 - 6:39am	by kevin 18/05/2011 - 4:37pm
CH/1334/2010 — Human rights / failure to pay two bedroom rate where couple needed extra bedroom due to disabiity	0	276	by John 13/05/2011 - 12:40pm	n/a
CPAG Legal challenge to housing benefit reforms to go ahead - rightsnet.org.uk	0	425	by John 13/05/2011 - 12:36pm	n/a
Resettlement is a positive move for homeless people	0	221	by kevin 12/05/2011 - 6:13am	n/a
Housing benefit cuts 'will backfire' - NHF	0	170	by John 10/05/2011 - 12:13pm	n/a
Government to fund housing advice service for older people	0	158	by kevin 09/05/2011 - 3:10pm	n/a
Housing Benefit House of Commons debate - Westminster Hall 10th March 2011	2	200	by kevin 11/03/2011 - 11:11am	by kevin 04/05/2011 - 4:44pm
Benefit cuts will mean 'people may have to move' - admits Lord Freud	0	240	by John 04/05/2011 - 1:54pm	n/a
Council Tax Valuation List Summary	1	243	by kevin 22/04/2011 - 9:24am	by kevin 22/04/2011 - 9:29am
Improving housing outcomes for young people: practical ideas	0	223	by kevin 21/04/2011 - 6:36am	n/a
DWP: Local Housing Allowance guidance manual	0	320	by kevin 20/04/2011 - 7:50am	n/a
HB/CTB G3/2011 New provision for customers with non-resident overnight carers from 1 April 2011	0	265	by John 06/04/2011 - 2:54pm	n/a
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - Guidance Manual published by DWP April 2011	0	446	by John 06/04/2011 - 2:46pm	n/a
82,000 households in the capital could lose their homes due to housing benefit changes	4	358	by kevin 22/09/2010 - 12:57pm	by Octavia (not verified) 04/04/2011 - 9:00am
Housing benefit changes: Who will be affected?	1	217	by kevin 01/04/2011 - 10:00am	by kevin 04/04/2011 - 8:54am
HB/CTB Circular A6/2011 - Change announced to the shared accommodation rate	0	592	by John 30/03/2011 - 6:31pm	n/a
DWP Research Report no. 728: 'An Evaluation of the Sanction of Housing Benefit'	0	229	by kevin 29/03/2011 - 1:08pm	n/a
England faces 750,000 housing gap by 2025	0	188	by kevin 14/03/2011 - 10:54am	n/a
Over £1bn of council tax is uncollected	0	243	by kevin 10/03/2011 - 4:21pm	n/a
Publication of Governemnt response to the Housing Benefit Inquiry	0	201	by kevin 10/03/2011 - 9:02am	n/a
Council taxes fall for the first time	0	158	by kevin 09/03/2011 - 3:19pm	n/a
Housing for older and disadvantaged people	0	171	by kevin 04/03/2011 - 2:38pm	n/a
Discretionary Housing Payments - Good Practice Guide - DWP	0	585	by John 01/03/2011 - 4:56pm	n/a
Local decisions: a fairer future for social housing - closes 17th January 2011	4	734	by kevin 22/11/2010 - 1:24pm	by kevin 01/03/2011 - 10:29am
New Provision for non-resident overnight carers - HB/CTB A3/2011	0	770	by John 28/02/2011 - 7:50pm	n/a
English Housing Survey: Headline Report 2009-10	0	201	by kevin 24/02/2011 - 4:07pm	n/a
Mayor secures more than £800m to improve thousands of council homes across the capital	0	160	by kevin 23/02/2011 - 9:12am	n/a
Government ditches housing benefit cut	2	527	by John 17/02/2011 - 3:32pm	by kevin 18/02/2011 - 9:01am
Two Year Review of the Local Housing Allowance - DWP	0	199	by John 11/02/2011 - 8:11pm	n/a
E-mailing customer information to Debt Management - HB/CTB A2/2011	0	200	by John 08/02/2011 - 4:34pm	n/a
Row over CityWest housing officer bonuses in Westminster	0	300	by kevin 07/02/2011 - 5:47pm	n/a
HB subsidy for customers living in temporary accommodation - from April 2011 - HB/CTB S1/2011	0	363	by John 02/02/2011 - 3:19pm	n/a
LAC(DH)(2011)1: Charging for Residential Accommodation - DOH	0	632	by kevin 02/02/2011 - 9:03am	n/a
60,000 households will face severe hardship when UK housing benefit changes take hold in Scotland - Scottish Government	0	792	by John 01/02/2011 - 3:10pm	n/a
Lord Freud has accepted Select cmt recommendation to have an independent review of impact of Housing Benefit changes - Anne Begg	1	389	by John 28/01/2011 - 1:34pm	by kevin 31/01/2011 - 5:36pm
Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendments Order 2010	0	162	by kevin 26/01/2011 - 10:03am	n/a
Reciept of Child Benefit not a guarantee child lives in household - HB/CTB G1/2011 21st Jan 2011	0	752	by John 24/01/2011 - 10:54am	n/a
Local housing market volatility	1	216	by kevin 11/01/2011 - 11:37am	by kevin 21/01/2011 - 12:05pm
HB/CTB U1/2011 - Debt Reflief Orders and Overpayment Recovery current advice pending Supreme Court Appeal by DWP	0	611	by John 11/01/2011 - 7:42pm	n/a
‘Exempt’ supported housing cases and recent changes to temporary accommodation subsidy	0	978	by John 10/01/2011 - 6:09pm	n/a
The Housing Revenue Account Subsidy and the Item 8 Credit and Item 8 Debit (General) Determinations 2011-2012	0	534	by kevin 10/01/2011 - 5:44pm	n/a
Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee - Fifteenth Report Drawing special attention to: Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulatio	0	174	by kevin 18/12/2010 - 9:50am	n/a