Common use of Housing Benefit Clause in Contracts

Housing Benefit. Where housing benefit is payable the Tenant will take all necessary steps to arrange for any payments to be made directly to the Landlord. The Tenant is liable to reimburse the Landlord or his Agent any sums which the Landlord or his Agent is required to pay to the local authority in respect of Housing benefit which has been paid direct to the Landlord or his Agent on behalf of the Tenant, and accepted in good faith, but is subsequently shown to have been paid incorrectly or as a result of fraud, error or ineligibility of the Tenant. The Landlord shall be entitled to pursue the Tenant for any reasonable costs incurred as a result of the Tenant's failure to pay rent including but not limited to any charge for returned cheques or any reasonable costs incurred in pursuing the Tenant for payment of unpaid rent.