self employed and housing benefit

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sandra1968
sandra1968 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited August 2017 in Benefits and income
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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  • BenefitsTrainingCo
    BenefitsTrainingCo Online Community Member Posts: 2,621 Trailblazing
    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. 

    Lee
  • Sam_Alumni
    Sam_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,602 Championing
    Does this help @sandra1968 ?