Application For Housing Benefit, Local Housing Allowance And Council Tax Reduction - Carmarthenshire County Council Page 25
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32Part 11
Paying benefit to your landlord
(if you are an owner occupier or a
Council tenant please go to part 12)
For new claims for Local Housing Allowance, Housing Benefit must be paid to the tenant usually
fortnightly in arrears. Existing tenants and tenants of Housing Associations can either have the
payments made directly to their landlord every 4 weekly in arrears or to themselves by the
following frequency. If you are a non Local Housing Allowance tenant or a Housing Association
tenant and wish to receive the Housing Benefit payments direct, then do you wish payment to be
made:
Weekly in arrears
fortnightly in arrears
4 weekly in arrears
For non Local Housing Allowance tenants and Housing Association tenants, would you like your
rent paid direct to your landlord?
No
Yes
If yes, form RA2 must be completed by your Landlord, this is available on
request from Customer Service Centres or the Housing Benefit office and you must sign the
declaration below.
Please pay my Housing Benefit straight to my landlord. I understand that:
• I must always tell you about any change in my circumstances;
• If I do not tell you about any change of circumstances and you pay me too much benefit because
of this, I will have to pay back the extra benefit; and
• I may be prosecuted if I do not tell you about any change of circumstances.
Signature
Date
Local Housing Allowance - Your payment options
How will you be paid and the choices you have
We may make the first payment of benefit to your landlord if rent arrears have arisen, after that
we will pay your benefit to you directly.
The safest and easiest way to receive your benefit is directly into your bank account as it avoids
the risk of cheques being stolen or delayed in the post. We cannot pay Housing Benefit into a
Post Office Card Account. If you do not provide your bank details we will pay your Housing
Benefit by cheque and you will need a bank account in your name so you can cash the cheque.
If you need help to open a bank account please see our leaflet LHA8/9 Money advice and/ or
contact your Local Citizen’s advice Centre.
If you are awarded LHA, in most cases you can choose where to have your money paid. We can
arrange to pay your money in the following ways:
-Payment direct into an account BACs transfer; either a bank, building society or National
Savings bank account.
This is the safest way to pay you and lets you choose how and when you get your money, you
can set up a standing order to pay your rent and also direct debits to organise paying your bills.
-by cheque; or
-
in some cases direct to your landlord, you cannot choose to pay your landlord directly but
if there is a reason why you cannot manage your own rent payments you should contact us
immediately.
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