Housing Benefit: Update
Course available: in-house only (on a date and location of your choice)
Duration: 1 day
This course aims to update delegates on the main changes to housing benefit in the last 12 months, in particular the introduction of the Employment and Support Allowance. This course will give delegates more confidence in advising tenants and service users on housing benefit claims and entitlement.
Course contains
- Changes to Extended Payments and Backdating rules
- The Employment and Support Allowance and its impact on Housing Benefit
- A refresh on the calculation of Housing Benefit
- Problems with moving home such as getting Housing Benefit on two homes or if you are delayed in moving
- How to deal with overpayments
- The Local Housing Allowance
- Dates of claim.
Suitable for
Housing workers, advisers, and social workers who have some basic working knowledge but need to brush up on some areas, or those who just want an update on on recent changes.
