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Dispute a Housing Benefit decision - Introduction
https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/4739/IntroductionIf you disagree with a decision we have made about your benefit award, you can: ask us to look at the decision again (known as a reconsideration) appeal against...
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Dispute a Housing Benefit decision - What is a 'relevant decision'?
https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/4740/What-is-a-relevant-decisionA relevant decision is any matter concerning a claim for benefit, for example: the amount of benefit payable; the rent eligible for benefit; the calculation of ...
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Dispute a Housing Benefit decision - Who is a 'person affected'?
https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/4741/Who-is-a-person-affectedA person affected is: A claimant Someone acting on behalf of the claimant who is appointed by the courts Someone who the council agrees is appointed to act on b...
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Dispute a Housing Benefit decision - What should I do if I disagree with your decision?
https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/4742/What-should-I-do-if-I-disagree-with-your-decisionA person affected can query our decision and request further information (Statement of Reasons) about the decision. We will give you an explanation, sometimes o...
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Dispute a Housing Benefit decision - How do I ask for a revision?
https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/4743/How-do-I-ask-for-a-revisionThe affected person must write to us within one calendar month of the date on the notification letter. In the request for revision, the person affected must sta...
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Dispute a Housing Benefit decision - Will you notify me of the outcome of my request for a revision?
https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/4744/Will-you-notify-me-of-the-outcome-of-my-request-for-a-revisionAfter reconsidering our decision, we will write to the person affected stating that the decision has been changed or that it will stay the same. We may request ...
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Dispute a Housing Benefit decision - Statement of Reasons
https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/4745/Statement-of-ReasonsA person affected can ask us to provide a written Statement of Reasons. The Statement of Reasons does not affect your right of an appeal. The statement will exp...
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Dispute a Housing Benefit decision - How do I ask the appeal tribunal to look at your decision?
https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/4746/How-do-I-ask-the-appeal-tribunal-to-look-at-your-decisionA person affected by a decision may request that the appeals tribunal consider our decision. The request must be in writing and must be received by us within on...
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Dispute a Housing Benefit decision - Will I have to attend the tribunal?
https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/4747/Will-I-have-to-attend-the-tribunalTribunals are held locally. The tribunals service will write to the person to tell them of the date, time and place of their hearing. They will also be asked if...
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Dispute a Housing Benefit decision - What if I am not happy with the tribunal's decision?
https://sthelens.gov.uk/article/4748/What-if-I-am-not-happy-with-the-tribunal-s-decisionIf we, or the person affected, feels that the decision of the lower appeal tribunal is wrong, in law they can seek leave to appeal to the upper appeal tribunal....
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