This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Housing Benefit - 8 weeks arrears appeal / compensation Before appealing, you should have asked for a written statement of reasons within one month of the decision. Once this has been received, the first stage of an appeal is to request a revision of the decision. When this is done, someone of higher authority than the original decision maker will review the decision. If the new decision is not more...

Introduction Since April 2009, landlords or agents should serve a letter before claim when planning court proceedings. When to send letter A section 8 notice is ideally served when a tenant is two months or more in arrears. However, a pre action letter could be sent earlier than this in order to save time. Therefore, serve a pre action letter either when the tenant is at least one month in arrears, say, after two weeks arrears. Obviously, if...

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