[nomadking]

Originally Posted by tammac

wow £15 quid a week! don't think the receipent gets the dough in their hands, it goes to council, bang goes that£15 quid

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Thought we wre disgusting beneefits, not educaton, p.s. donut wurry peepul wull get the drft

DWP page on Local Housing Allowance

Choice - tenants are able to take on greater responsibility and choose how to spend their income in a similar way to tenants who are not in receipt of benefits. Like other tenants they are able to choose whether to rent a larger property, or spend less on housing and increase their available income. The claimants will be able to keep the excess (to a maximum ?15 per week) if they choose whether to rent accommodation cheaper than their LHA rate or rent a more expensive property and pay the additional rent from their own income.

Personal responsibility - Empowering people to budget for and to pay their rent themselves, rather than having it paid for them, helps develop the skills unemployed tenants will need as they move back into work. Currently around 40% of Housing Benefit payments in the private rented sector are made to tenants, with the remainder paid straight to landlords. The Government believes that, where possible, local housing allowance should be paid to tenants, as are most other benefits and tax credits. Safegaurds will be put in place for those customers that are unable to manage their financial affairs or who fall into rent arears.

So who's the ?

Eg if the rent is £90/week and the LHA rate for the area is £105 or more then the claimant gets £105/week(£15 extra). If the LHA rate was £100/week then they would get £100/week(£10 extra).