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DLA and housing benefit
Beckys_48
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I am asking on behalf of my son Chris who has a left sided hemiplegia and some learning difficulties. He is in reciept of DLA and earns £541 a month working part time. He has been told he is not entitled to housing benefit. He lives in Brighton - can this be right? He needs to find somewhere else to live by the end of August and I cant find anything that he could afford to rent on his income.
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He will need to put all of his details into this benefits calculator and see what it comes up with.
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Depends which components and rates of DLA and whether anyone has told HB he gets DLA.
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@mikehughescq
Am I right in thinking DLA is not counted as income for housing benefit purposes so Becky 48 would have to apply using only the other income.
Debsidoo.x -
In 99% of circumstances it does not.
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