maternity allowance and housing benefits
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Posted : Tue, 23 December 2008 13:01:11
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maternity allowance and housing benefits

Hi I was just wondering, if you are unemployed and in receipt of maternity allowance as your only/sole income, are you still entitled to housing benefits?

MummyX5
Posted : Wed, 24 December 2008 20:49:58
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maternity allowance and housing benefits

I would think so - its all based on ur income and how many bedrooms u qualify for. It's now called Local Housing Allowance but u still apply for it as before, via ur local council. Go to this web site.......

https://lha-direct.therentservice.gov.uk/Secure/Default.aspx

U can get a rough idea of what the max entitlement u cud get.