Hi, my name is shazzaa1969! I'm confused about housing benefit

shazzaa1969

cause the benefits  cap for outside Greater London is £257 a week anything  over that houseing takes that puts the cap on your benefits 

shazzaa1969

any 1 

shazzaa1969

is that right yes or no 

calcotti

shazzaa1969 said:

they just add the prum and get people  confused

I have no idea what you mean.

shazzaa1969 said:

cause the benefits  cap for outside Greater London is £257 a week anything  over that houseing takes that puts the cap on your benefits 

The benefits cap does not apply because you get PIP - as already advised.

shazzaa1969 said:

any 1 

Please don't hassle people to reply. We are not just sitting here waiting to answer your questions. People will post when it is convenient to do so.

As advised, your best option is to contact a local advice agency with your paperwork. They can then do a benefits comparison with UC for you.

shazzaa1969

I will wait for my comments  thank you for all your help

shazzaa1969

yes I get Diss for 1 room no I have no carers don't claim for any carers  ipay £11 for the other room it is hard to understand that's what I was saying yes you can't claim any extra sda so why use it on houseing forms thank you for your help it must be the council I need to speak to I will post on what they say

shazzaa1969

thank you for your help I will post to see what they say

calcotti

shazzaa1969 said:

..you can't claim any extra sda so why use it on houseing forms..

If you live alone and receive daily living PIP and and nobody claims Carers Allowance or carer element of UC for looking after you then the HB calculation will include a Severe Disability Premium (SDP). This increases the amount of your personal allowance used to calculate your HB. Look at the information on premiums in one of the links I posted earlier.

If you were on the old ESA the calculation woulda also include SDP but you can't get this with the new style ESA you are getting.

I still can't make sense of your HB figures.
As best I can understand what you have said you get £65/week HB plus £10/week DHP and in one post you said you pay £22/week and in the more recent one you said £11/week. This is a long way short of the £125 you said your rent is. The HB figure suggests that your rent is £87/week (because £65 is 75% of £87). 

Please try a local advice agency to go through it.