Remaining politically neutral during General Election 2024
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self employed and housing benefit
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sandra1968
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my question is about self employed and housing benefit. my daughter is self employed and it looks like she is only entitled to less than £3 housing benefit, if she earnt the same but was employed she would get alot more. is this the case or is it just harder to calculate?
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Hi sandra1968,
Housing Benefit is a means-tested benefit so your daughter's entitlement is worked out after taking her income into account. It doesn't matter whether someone is employed or self-employed, there is no difference at all as to how much Housing Benefit she would get.
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Does this help @sandra1968 ?
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