Benefit News
This page is to keep you up to date of all current
changes to Housing and / or Council Tax Benefit
legislation.
New Updates
Changes to Non Dependant Deductions from April
2011
Housing and Council Tax Benefit legislation changes from April
2011 mean that the amount of the deductions applied in respect of
any non dependant's are due to increase, as well as changes to the
income bandings that determine the rates of deduction.
To see the new deduction rates for 2011/12, please on the
link below:
Non Dependant deduction information
Changes to Local Housing Allowance (
LHA
) from April 2011
Local Housing Allowance (
LHA
) rates are used to calculate
Housing Benefit for tenants renting from private landlords.
The Government is making changes to
LHA
s, starting in April 2011.
These changes lower
LHA
rates and affect all new
claims for
LHA
from 1
April 2011.
For more information on these changes and to see if they will
affect you, please click on the link below:
LHA Changes April 2011
Changes to Shared Accommodation Rate from January
2012
Shared accommodation Rate information 
Previous updates
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