Comments on: Can you claim housing benefit retrospectively?

By: Tertia

Tertia — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:21:09 +0000

Just one teensy grey area here- How is it you were working 5 days a week (or planning to) and claiming dole money at the same time?

By: Paula O

Paula O — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:15:28 +0000

You can go to this website and they will tell you exactly what you are entiltled to, it is

By: babysparkle1975@btinternet.com

babysparkle1975@btinternet.com — Tue, 04 May 2010 10:47:59 +0000

sometimes they will back date rent benefits but in your case seeings as you knew what was happening and was hoping to bale yourself out as you put it then i doubt they would. your claim would start from the date you got your application

By: Lily B Talus

Lily B Talus — Sat, 01 May 2010 12:56:45 +0000

You can try

By: Back to the drawing board

Back to the drawing board — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:04:20 +0000

In theory you sometimes can, I don’t know how often it’s successful, but it’s worth trying. You have to go to the council and ask to put in a request for backdating when you claim, you have to prove that you had a good reason for claiming late, for instance if you believed that your lowering of income was temporary.