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  • Local Housing Allowance Guide

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Benefits

    Date published: 7 December 2012

    This manual offers guidance on the administration of local housing allowance in Housing Benefit. It provides information and guidance about all aspects of the local housing allowance scheme and the legal requirements that the Executive must adhere to. 

    Documents

    • Local Housing Allowance ContentsMicrosoft Word (33.5 KB)
    • Local Housing Allowance IntroductionMicrosoft Word (31.5 KB)
    • Chapter 1 - An overview of Local Housing AllowanceMicrosoft Word (88.5 KB)
    • Chapter 2 - Conditions for setting Broad Rental Market Areas and how local housing allowance will be setMicrosoft Word (63.5 KB)
    • Chapter 3 - Establishing the Maximum RentMicrosoft Word (102.5 KB)
    • Chapter 4 - Length of local housing allowance awardMicrosoft Word (94 KB)
    • Chapter 5 - Paying benefit and overpaymentsMicrosoft Word (99 KB)
    • Chapter 6 - Protection rulesMicrosoft Word (107.5 KB)
    • Chapter 7 - Appeals and redeterminations Microsoft Word (56.5 KB)
    • Local Housing Allowance GlossaryMicrosoft Word (50 KB)
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