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Backdating housing benefit

Hi to all hope everyone is havinv a good start to the year.....Well im trying to find out if any of you have had housing benofit backdated oved a year ( well 94 weeks tbh) as dwp recently put me back on my old style esa however i have to repay UC for my issue is that over half of it was on my rent ( but i still have to pay uc back this ) wolud leave me in essance paying the whole of my own rent myself eventhough i am entitled to the 74.15 ( it was march 2019 when i was wronlgy taken off esa) so if they are reinstating my esa will they reinstate my housing from march 2019 as its some 6.5 to 7 k ( and again i am/was entilted to it but its not been my fault ive been messed around by dwp for last 21 months ) as its me thats physically out of pocket by that amount at mo ....if anyone of you wonderful people could point me in right direction or advice will be more than gratefully received.....thank you
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This is a bit complex for anyone to answer tho one of our benefits experts may help
Will you be entitled to any back pay from esa to pay the UC payment ?
But to go back a few post it looks complicated and either CAB or welfare rights might be best.
Just wanted to wish you all the best with this. You have our full support and let us know how you get on. I hope the advice above has helped you.
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I was involved with a very similar case to yours (and know of one other). Sadly as illogical as it seems they each had to pay back the full amount of UC (including housing element) and then claim backpay from Housing Benefit and ESA etc.
Could you confirm that your ESA claim has been reinstated, with SDP on top and your UC claim closed?
I definitely agree that specialist advice is needed here. Have you managed to get support from CAB or Welfare Rights?
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It might be worth you challenging the decision for your Housing Benefit to end - obviously it ended because you claimed UC, but the argument is that you shouldn't have been able to claim UC, so your HB shouldn't have ended.
Point 3 here may be of use to you: Changes to the Severe Disability Premium Process.
Best of luck and please let us know how you get on.
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Don't know if you have sorted out your benefit situation yet.
It is worth noting that all Government agencies are suppost to have 'due regard' or look into how their decision is going to affect you. This is because the Public Sector Equality Duty says they must. This is under the Equality Act 2010. If they can't show that they have done this then they have broken the law. You are entitled to compensation for this.
I don't know if this is helpful to you but it might help them hurry things along.
I have speech difficulties and cognitive difficulties so I can't always remember what was said. It's good to have something written down so you can refer back to it. I email if I can as I can't call them anymore due to my disability getting worse. If you have something written down you can't be taken advantage of either.
I have been taken advantage of in the past. I don't want it to happen to anyone else.