Money Matters Statement 2016-2019 first edition | Página 8

Key information for residents
and our commitment
 owering the Benefit Cap from
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26k to 23k per year in London
(20k outside of London)
We’ll work with you to see if you’re
entitled to a Discretionary Housing
Payment (DHP) and work with Local
Authorities to check on the availability of
DHP payments
We’ll work closely with our Community
Development team to help you get
back into work – which is a way of being
exempt from the cap.

 o automatic entitlement
N
to Housing Benefit (HB) for
18-21 year olds.
This age group will be expected to
participate in a programme of support
e.g. apprenticeship or work-placed
programme.
Again we’ll work with our Community
Development Team to help you into
apprenticeships and work-placed
programmes.



Housing Benefit will be frozen
from April 2016, along with
both child and working tax
credits and a number of
working age benefits, including
job seekers allowance,
employment support
allowance, income support and
child benefit
Providing good quality budgeting advice
is key – so if you’re struggling, give the
Money Matters Team a call and we’ll
help.

 rom April 2016, Housing
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Benefit claims will be
backdated for a maximum of
four weeks.
Our Money Matters Team are not just
at the end of a phone, we’ll come out
and visit you to ensure HB claims forms
are submitted quickly with the right
information

 niversal Credit is being rolled
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out to couples and families
over the next 4 years. Check
out our Universal Credit
information sheet for more
details
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Money Matters Statement 2016-2019