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Housing Benefit Decision Makers Guide (Draft)

This guide is a work in progress. All the Chapters presently available are in draft form; additional Chapters will be added to this guide as final drafts are completed.

As the Guide is still being developed some caution should be used when referring to it.

Chapter 1
Principles of decision making and evidence (Word 166KB)
Chapter 2
Claims (Word 139KB)
Chapter 3
Handling disputes & revising decisions (Word 120KB)
Chapter 4
Supersession (Word 171KB)
Chapter 5
Appeals (Word 356KB)
Chapter 6
Appointees (Word 67.5KB)
Chapter 7
People from abroad (Word 188KB)
Chapter 8
Liability to make payments and occupying the home (Word 221KB)
Chapter 9
Aggregation of needs and resources (Word 176KB)
Chapter 10
Extended payments (Word 142KB)
Chapter 11
Assessment of needs (Word 201KB)
Chapter 12
Calculating the amount of Housing Benefit (Word 187KB)
Chapter 13
Eligible rent & rates (Word 191KB)
Chapter 14
Income - Employed earners (Word 207KB)
Chapter 15
Self-employed earners (Word 365KB)
Chapter 16
Income other than earnings (Word 360KB)
Chapter 17
Assessment of capital (Word 439KB)
Chapter 18
Student claims (Word 210KB)
Chapter 19
Deciding and paying benefit (Word 127KB)

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