housing and council tax benifit

sugarbabe · Jan 29th, 2010, 10:41 AM

has anyones housing and council tax benifit gone down since getting maternity allowence? my rent has gone from me paying £11 aweek to £60 a week because am not working,i am still employed am just on maternity leave. can this be right none of my money as changed i stll get working/child tax credits. my baby is due on thursday i dont need all this stress

suzib76 · Jan 29th, 2010, 19:25 PM

sorry i really dont know but are you saying you are getting LESS money on MA, but they are asking you to pay MORE towards your rent? sounds bloody bizarre, unless i read it wrong, but if i did get that right then i would call them and query it
maybe someone has made an error somewhere but if you are getting MA and working tax creds and child tax creds then maybe you just have too much coming in to claim higher housing benefit

FierceAngel · Jan 31st, 2010, 05:27 AM

if your MA is less than your normal income then question it hun xx

do you earn less than 90% of £123 about £111 a week?

if so and your only getting 90% of your regular wage then it may be that they think your getting 123 a week (the reg amount of MA)

so if your normal weekly inome in £100 then you should be getting £90 pw MA but they might think your getting £123 if that makes sense!

xxx

queenemsie · Feb 1st, 2010, 07:36 AM

If you are getting less money on MA than you were previously on what ever your income was, then I would ring them and ask.

If however, you are better off on MA than you were before, then it could be right.

Ring and ask what they are using your income as.

Jan 29th, 2010, 10:41 AM	#1
sugarbabe Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 28	housing and council tax benifit has anyones housing and council tax benifit gone down since getting maternity allowence? my rent has gone from me paying £11 aweek to £60 a week because am not working,i am still employed am just on maternity leave. can this be right none of my money as changed i stll get working/child tax credits. my baby is due on thursday i dont need all this stress

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Jan 29th, 2010, 19:25 PM	#2
suzib76 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4,693	sorry i really dont know but are you saying you are getting LESS money on MA, but they are asking you to pay MORE towards your rent? sounds bloody bizarre, unless i read it wrong, but if i did get that right then i would call them and query it maybe someone has made an error somewhere but if you are getting MA and working tax creds and child tax creds then maybe you just have too much coming in to claim higher housing benefit

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Jan 31st, 2010, 05:27 AM	#3
FierceAngel Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 6,075	if your MA is less than your normal income then question it hun xx do you earn less than 90% of £123 about £111 a week? if so and your only getting 90% of your regular wage then it may be that they think your getting 123 a week (the reg amount of MA) so if your normal weekly inome in £100 then you should be getting £90 pw MA but they might think your getting £123 if that makes sense! xxx

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Feb 1st, 2010, 07:36 AM	#4
queenemsie Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: manchester, UK Posts: 4,313	If you are getting less money on MA than you were previously on what ever your income was, then I would ring them and ask. If however, you are better off on MA than you were before, then it could be right. Ring and ask what they are using your income as.

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