by guildy | 29 Mar 2013 | Housing Benefit, New Legislation
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Universal CreditAwards and payment of universal credit Length of award Currently, housing benefit is awarded for 52 weeks after which the claim is required to be renewed. A claim for universal credit however, is to be treated as...
by guildy | 29 Mar 2013 | Housing Benefit, New Legislation
This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series Universal CreditEntitlement and calculation of housing element universal credit Rental payments to be calculated monthly Currently, housing benefit is calculated and paid 4 weekly. A significant change of universal credit is...
by 2804 | 27 Mar 2013 | Members Questions
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by guildy | 27 Mar 2013 | Housing Benefit, New Legislation
This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series Universal CreditClaiming universal credit Making the claim A claim for universal credit must be made by means of an electronic communication [1] for which a dedicated claims website will be available or in certain cases by...
by guildy | 27 Mar 2013 | Housing Benefit, New Legislation
This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series Universal CreditThe housing costs element of universal credit Housing benefit continues for now until 2017 but after rollout of universal credit is complete, housing benefit will be abolished. [1] However, as people transition...
by guildy | 27 Mar 2013 | Housing Benefit, New Legislation
This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series Universal CreditWhen does universal credit take effect? Most landlords and letting agents won’t see any real effect of universal credit until April 2014. Phase 1, April 2013 – October 2013 Phase 1 of universal credit will...
by guildy | 27 Mar 2013 | Housing Benefit, New Legislation
This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series Universal CreditWhat is universal credit? Universal Credit will sweep away the current benefits system and provide a single monthly payment for people on a low income or are out of work. It will include support for the costs of...
by guildy | 26 Mar 2013 | Council Tax, Granting a Tenancy, New Legislation
Since the changes were announced to council tax from 1 April 2013 in particular for unoccupied and unfurnished properties, we changed our advice from suggesting 3 month fixed terms to 6 month fixed terms. We issued emails and also a rare important alert via post. As...
by guildy | 26 Mar 2013 | Granting a Tenancy
This entry is part 12 of 20 in the series Granting an Assured Shorthold TenancyThe length of the fixed term to give is really whatever you feel comfortable with. When the Housing Act 1988 came into force, it used to be the case that a minimum term of six months was...
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