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Housing benefit - UK student 2016

I am starting a degree in sept and I will receive £9000 odd in bursary and £2324 in student finance loan. I am trying to work out my housing benefit entitlement (I have sent of relevant docs to the council department but no reply as of yet) and I know the online benefit calculators online do not take in account students however I filled them out saying my loans etc was my income and adding the working tax credit they said i was entitled to (as they thought I was working) the different in housing benefit would be £61. Does this seem like a normal amount for a student with dependants to pay?
Thankyou
Impossible to answer. It depends on the maximum amount of rent you're entitled to each week. (LHA)
Original post by Tiger Rag
Impossible to answer. It depends on the maximum amount of rent you're entitled to each week. (LHA)


My rent is over £80 less a week than the max LHA for my area

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