CAB said im entitled to £53/week
The LHA amount on www.hbupdate.com says I can get £70 for a one bedroom flat.
Im looking for a one bedroom flat as I need the space and other personal reasons.
Now it seems if youre under 35 years of age you can only get the shared room rate. Shared room seriously? You mean like you got a find a room and share it with a complete stranger. Sharing a house with a stranger could be awkward enough, forget sharing a room.
So if i rented a one bedroom flat, I would struggle to find anything less than £70 in my area so i would have to pay almost £20 on top. Your other benefits like income support, credits or JSA wouldnt go up, so actually it would leave you financially struggling. Also this value is not gauranteed so you could end up paying more than £20 on top. Great.
Can anyone please confirm this. I filled out the calculator on that site above, age and everything and it told me i would be eligible for £70/week HB but apparently im not because im under 35...so the calculator was wrong, are they trying to trick us?
The LHA amount on www.hbupdate.com says I can get £70 for a one bedroom flat.
Im looking for a one bedroom flat as I need the space and other personal reasons.
Now it seems if youre under 35 years of age you can only get the shared room rate. Shared room seriously? You mean like you got a find a room and share it with a complete stranger. Sharing a house with a stranger could be awkward enough, forget sharing a room.
So if i rented a one bedroom flat, I would struggle to find anything less than £70 in my area so i would have to pay almost £20 on top. Your other benefits like income support, credits or JSA wouldnt go up, so actually it would leave you financially struggling. Also this value is not gauranteed so you could end up paying more than £20 on top. Great.
Can anyone please confirm this. I filled out the calculator on that site above, age and everything and it told me i would be eligible for £70/week HB but apparently im not because im under 35...so the calculator was wrong, are they trying to trick us?