What happens if i get overpaid housing benefit

Paying your invoice Pay online You can repay your Housing Benefit overpayment online. Pay by telephone You can pay by telephone using a credit or debit card.

Pay by standing order or bank transfer Payments can be made by bank transfer or standing order. Reducing the overpayment Underlying entitlement In some cases we can reduce the amount of the overpayment based on what you would have been entitled to for the period of the overpayment, had we known your circumstances at the time.

To determine your underlying entitlement, we will need: evidence of your household income for the period of the overpayment evidence of capital for the period of the overpayment evidence of any childcare costs relating to nursery or childminding for the period of the overpayment If you're not sure of what to provide, contact us. Challenging the decision If you think that the decision that you were overpaid Housing Benefit is wrong, you have legal rights to dispute this decision.

To discuss instalment repayment, contact the Housing Benefit overpayment team. Difficulty repaying We will make every effort to agree a reasonable and affordable repayment arrangement with you. Income and expenditure review Income and expenditure review PDF, Further action Further action can include but is not limited to: debt collection agency — the debt is referred to a debt collection agency to recover money from you obtaining a county court judgement — this will severely affect your credit rating and may affect your ability to get credit including mortgages, credit cards and increases to credit limits further costs will be incurred appointing enforcement agents to remove and sell your possessions further costs will be incurred third party debt order — this is made to prevent you from taking money out of your bank account charging order — this prevents you from selling assets such as property, investments or land without paying what is owed.

This means your employer will have to make deductions from your wages. How can we improve this page? This form is only for feedback on the web page.

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Did this advice help? Yes No. Why wasn't this advice helpful? It isn't relevant to my situation. It doesn't have enough detail. However, you can make a complaint if their decision is not reasonable. Every time you move home, write to your local authority benefit section to let them know. If you move to a different local authority area, you will also need to make a new claim with the new authority. Unless you and your partner if you live together are over pension age, you won't be able to make a new claims for Housing Benefit and would need to get help with housing costs from Universal Credit.

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