LCWRA and moving house

Gem0110
Gem0110 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)

Hi there is a possibility of me moving house. It will be a different local authority but in same sort of area. It’s about 16 miles away approximately. When I moved before my claim wasn’t cancelled I just moved to the new area jobcentre and I will be moving back to where I was before but I didn’t have LCWRA at the time but now do. Does anyone know if they will cancel it and make me claim for it again please? Thankyou

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 63,647 Championing

    Moving house will not affect the LCWRA element as that will continue as normal.

    Once you’ve moved you will need to report a change and tell them your new address. If you need to claim for help with the rent then you would do that at the same time.

  • Gem0110
    Gem0110 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener

    Lovely thankyou. I was sure I read somewhere that if you move out of the area they make you claim for it again? It doesn’t help when there is so much disinformation and I wait weeks for a reply on my journal as I have no work coach.

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 63,647 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/973577#Comment_973577

    No problem. You’ve definitely misunderstood what you read. LCWRA is part of UC and you’re already claiming that.

    A new claim would only be if someone is claiming housing benefit and they move to a different local Authority. If they need to claim for home with the rent they would need to claim UC in this situation.

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