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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 Contents Microsoft Word (34 KB)
    • Local Housing Allowance Introduction Microsoft Word (32 KB)
    • Chapter 1 - An overview of Local Housing Allowance Microsoft Word (89 KB)
    • Chapter 2 - Conditions for setting Broad Rental Market Areas and how local housing allowance will be set Microsoft Word (64 KB)
    • Chapter 3 - Establishing the Maximum Rent Microsoft Word (103 KB)
    • Chapter 4 - Length of local housing allowance award Microsoft Word (94 KB)
    • Chapter 5 - Paying benefit and overpayments Microsoft Word (99 KB)
    • Chapter 6 - Protection rules Microsoft Word (108 KB)
    • Chapter 7 - Appeals and redeterminations Microsoft Word (57 KB)
    • Local Housing Allowance Glossary Microsoft Word (50 KB)

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