Moving to different London Borough. Will benefits follow me?

[JacobsLadder]

Evening all,

I'm being forced to move from the flat I've lived in for 8 years at the end of June due to benefit cap. I'm on JSA and after a year of struggling and borrowing from friends and pay day loans I finally admit defeat. I've tried Discretionary Housing Payment, I've exhausted every avenue a man can walk down. Fair enough. London no longer wants poor people in it. I get the message.

 

Sad to leave, but needs must. Will my benefits follow me though or do I need to start from scratch and reapply for HB and JSA when I finally find somewhere that'll take DSS at a reasonable rent outside of Zone 6?

 

I haven't told my JCP advisor or Council yet as it's still a month off, but forewarned is forearmed and all that. Thanks...

[antone]

Your JSA shouldn't be too much of a problem - it's just a case of transferring to a new Jobcentre and processing office. There might be a short delay in your payments while that gets processed, but it's a common enough occurence.

 

With HB, you'll need to make a new claim to your new LA. If you have a new place sorted before you actually move, you may be able to claim HB in advance with the new council although you won't receive any payment until you actually move.

[id6052]

You will need to make a new claim for HB but JSA should follow you

(unless you are moving into a UC area - in which you may need to claim UC instead of JSA and HB)

 

You will also need to make a claim for CTR from new LA

(the exceptions to this are Sandwell Tendring and Basildon who don't pay CTR to people moving into their area -none of these are London Boroughs so should not apply)

[JacobsLadder]

Cheers but it's HB I'm worried about - don't they pay it arrears? So how can I convince a letting agent that I'll definitely get it awarded again if I have to reapply? Who's going to touch me with a barge poll if I have to stop my claim then go through all that **** again on the promise I 'might' get HB from the new LA? I'm really scared now