Who Gets Your Housing Benefit ?

This is probably on the wrong board, but who gets your HB ?

I get my HB then pay my landlord the whole amount. I thought this was normal, but I heard on Radio 4 today it is a pilot scheme. A scheme that is going wrong, as many people are now in debt. In Yorkshire arrears are up 5 fold.

Then just to confuse me more, our area was not named as one of the 5 test areas.

So I was just wonder, do you get your HB or does it go straight to your landlord ?