Housing benefit and council tax support secured for pensioner

Jim was a secure Council tenant who had just become a pensioner. His State Pension was too high for him to get any pension credit. Previously, when under state retirement pension age, his savings of just over £16,000 had prevented him from getting any housing benefit or council tax support.

How we helped

Now that Jim was a pensioner - and his income had dropped to just under £16,000 - we advised him he was entitled to housing benefit and to council tax support.

The outcome

We helped Jim claim both housing benefit and council tax support. He was awarded weekly housing benefit and council tax support payments of £109 and £24 respectively. Both were backdated to when he had reached pension age.

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