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Housing – rent determination
If you are a tenant of a private landlord (but not a housing association) you should find out before you move in how much of the rent being charged by the landlord will be allowed for benefit purposes by asking for a Pre-Tenancy Determination.
This can help avoid difficulties arising where tenants sign a tenancy and subsequently find that only a proportion of the rent being charged by the landlord will be used to calculate housing benefit, sometimes leaving the tenant struggling to pay the extra rent themselves.
If you are thinking of renting accommodation from a private landlord and you are likely to need help from Housing Benefit to pay your rent, you can now find out how much of that rent will be used to work out your Housing Benefit before you decide to rent the property.
A Pre-Tenancy Determination is a rental valuation by the Independent Rent Service. This valuation gives you the rent figure which will be used by the Housing Benefit office to work out your Housing Benefit.
Further information including how to apply for a pre tenancy rent determination and application forms can be found by visiting the benefits pages.
See Also
- Community safety
- Credit unions
- Estates management
- Home safety advice
- Homeowners
- Hospice care - adult
- Housing - community safety
- Housing benefit - appeals
- Housing benefit - backdated claims
- Housing benefit - change of circumstances
- Housing benefit - new claim
- Housing benefit - overpayments
- Housing benefit - renewal
- Housing focus groups
- Licence - homes in multiple occupancy
- Private landlords
- Private tenants - advice and support
- Property demolition - assessment
- Property enquiries
- Residential care - adult
- Supported and sheltered housing - information and advice
- Welfare rights - advice
- Youth justice - action plan orders