housing benefit definition

housing benefit means housing benefit under Part 7 of the SSCBA;
housing benefit means housing benefit under Part 7 of the Act; ‘the Housing Benefit Regulations’ means the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006;
housing benefit. ; means the benefit administered by local authorities under either the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 or the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) 2006;

Examples of housing benefit in a sentence

  • The above figures will be increased annually in line with the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (as amended).

  • Under the current arrangements the rent for those people in receipt of Housing Benefit was paid directly to the Council, under the Government proposals for welfare reform this income will be paid directly to the resident, to then make payment of rent.

  • Government policy (through Housing Benefit payment thresholds) would also suggest a figure of 40%+ (depending on household characteristics).

  • Reason: (for recommendations) This is a critical system for income collection, not procuring an external partner for support and maintenance, would potentially leave the authority with limited ability to collect approximately £260m per annum in relation to unpaid Council Tax, Business Rates, Benefits and unpaid Housing Benefit overpayments, which would impact adversely on the Council’s budget.

  • These findings formed the Housing Benefit Overpayment Recovery Action Plan which had been used during 2018/19 to ensure the team undertook recommended actions to improve recovery of these overpayments.


More Definitions of housing benefit

housing benefit means any amount in cash or benefit or advantage paid or granted under an approved scheme to an employee in respect of employment, which relates to -
housing benefit. (“budd-dal tai”) means housing benefit provided by virtue of a scheme under section 123 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
housing benefit means housing benefit under Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act;;
housing benefit means housing benefit provided by virtue of a scheme under section 122 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.
housing benefit means Housing Benefit under Part 7 of the Act;
housing benefit means a non-repayable, monthly financial benefit provided to make rental housing more affordable;
housing benefit means housing benefit under Part 7 of the SSCBA; “an income-based jobseeker’s allowance” and “a joint-claim jobseeker’s