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  • Housing Benefit Decision Makers Guide

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Decision Making

    Date published: 28 June 2007

    The Housing Benefit Decision Makers Guide is a number of reference volumes for Decision Makers on the interpretation of Housing Benefit Legislation 

    Documents

    • Chapter 1 - Principles of decision making and evidence Adobe PDF (523 KB)
    • Chapter 2 - Claims Adobe PDF (310 KB)
    • Chapter 3 - Handling disputes & revising decisions Adobe PDF (381 KB)
    • Chapter 4 - Supersession Adobe PDF (427 KB)
    • Chapter 5 - Appeals Adobe PDF (567 KB)
    • Chapter 6 - Appointees Adobe PDF (280 KB)
    • Chapter 7 - People from abroad Adobe PDF (417 KB)
    • Chapter 8 - Liability to make payments and occupying the home Adobe PDF (311 KB)
    • Chapter 9 - Aggregation of needs and resources Adobe PDF (497 KB)
    • Chapter 10 - Extended payments Adobe PDF (358 KB)
    • Chapter 11 - Assessment of needs Adobe PDF (506 KB)
    • Chapter 12 - Calculating the amount of Housing Benefit Adobe PDF (405 KB)
    • Chapter 13 - Eligible rent & rates Adobe PDF (365 KB)
    • Chapter 14 - Income - Employed earners Adobe PDF (627 KB)
    • Chapter 15 - Self-employed earners Adobe PDF (707 KB)
    • Chapter 16 - Income other than earnings Adobe PDF (696 KB)
    • Chapter 17 - Capital Adobe PDF (777 KB)
    • Chapter 18 - Student claims Adobe PDF (597 KB)
    • Chapter 19 - Deciding and paying Housing Benefit Adobe PDF (479 KB)
    • Chapter 20 - Overpayments Adobe PDF (425 KB)

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