Housing Benefit Decision Makers Guide | Department for Communities

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
PDF (523 KB)

Chapter 2 - Claims
PDF (310 KB)

Chapter 3 - Handling disputes & revising decisions
PDF (381 KB)

Chapter 4 - Supersession
PDF (427 KB)

Chapter 5 - Appeals
PDF (567 KB)

Chapter 6 - Appointees
PDF (280 KB)

Chapter 7 - People from abroad
PDF (417 KB)

Chapter 8 - Liability to make payments and occupying the home
PDF (311 KB)

Chapter 9 - Aggregation of needs and resources
PDF (497 KB)

Chapter 10 - Extended payments
PDF (358 KB)

Chapter 11 - Assessment of needs
PDF (506 KB)

Chapter 12 - Calculating the amount of Housing Benefit
PDF (405 KB)

Chapter 13 - Eligible rent & rates
PDF (365 KB)

Chapter 14 - Income - Employed earners
PDF (627 KB)

Chapter 15 - Self-employed earners
PDF (707 KB)

Chapter 16 - Income other than earnings
PDF (696 KB)

Chapter 17 - Capital
PDF (777 KB)

Chapter 18 - Student claims
PDF (597 KB)

Chapter 19 - Deciding and paying Housing Benefit
PDF (479 KB)

Chapter 20 - Overpayments
PDF (425 KB)

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