Housing benefit confusion

Hopeless85
Hopeless85 Community Member Posts: 34 Connected
edited February 2025 in Benefits and income

I am trying to work out my pcm rate for hb but I'm so confused. I've used a benefit calculator and these are the answers I got...

Weekly... £201.37 (this I know to be correct)

Every 4 weeks... £805.48 (this I know to be correct)

Monthly /pcm...... £875

But I worked it out to be £872.60 and I don't understand how it's £875. I messaged them and they said because housing benefit is worked out on the day rate not weekly. But if that's the case then how do are first two sets of numbers (weekly/4 weekly) match? I'm so confused. Would greatly appreciate any help.

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 8,721 Championing

    That's for years there are 53 Mondays (rent day) rather than 52 😊

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Community Member Posts: 9,830 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/984483#Comment_984483

    Omg this is horrendous how meant to understand all this awful awful thier putting people through this im so heated up

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 8,721 Championing
    edited February 2025

    I do think UC should pay those years there is an extra week, housing benefit does.

    Social housing landlords send out letters and other communications, so tenants know what's happening and what they need to do.

  • Hopeless85
    Hopeless85 Community Member Posts: 34 Connected

    I appreciate everyone's help thank you. I'm still a little lost to be honest. I have a private landlord and he's just awful. I have made my own rent statement and work everything out myself as he is clueless and will try to put extra fees on and not give me back overpayments etc. I'm just concerned whether my top up for rent will go up when on uc?

    My rent currently is £1000 pcm. Hb pay £805.48 every 4 weeks, and I pay £127.40 but every month. And that works out to the £1000 pcm my landlord is asking (I think). I'm just confused whether this will change when on uc?

    Also thinking about it now have I been paying too much top up? As I worked it out like this..... The rent is £1000 PCM. Which means he wants £12,000 per year. Hb pay £805.48 (every 4 weeks) . So £805.48 x 13 =£10,471.24 a year. Then my top up of £127.40 (pcm) x 12 = £1528.80 a year.

    Add the 2 figures, 10,471.24 + 1,528.80 = £12,000.04.

    Have I been doing this incorrectly? Is my top up incorrect 😔?

  • Hopeless85
    Hopeless85 Community Member Posts: 34 Connected
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    Also please see the pictures attached, this is a calculator I have used to work out my monthly income off esa and hb on my current legacy benefits (£1917.38), and of one from what my predicted uc will be with the transitional protection(£1914.99). How comes im still several pounds(£2.39) worse off on uc? Is this something to do with the rent and how it's worked out?

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