Universal credit April rent increase

lp39
lp39 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener

hi I updated ny new April rent increase on the 6th on my journal all went through fine and was told housing association had verified it, but just checked my statement for the 20th and the rent is wrong it’s about £35 too much ???

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  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,865 Championing

    Hi,

    Are you sure you've calculated the rent for the full month? Not just for 4 weeks?

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,694 Championing
    edited April 16

    If you pay rent weekly, Universal Credit pay a months rent (30 days) which can make the Housing Element look wrong, but is in fact correct 🙂

    To convert a weekly amount into a monthly you multiply the weekly amount by 52 then divide by 12.