lauralivesartnouveau Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Hi What’s the worst housing benefit claim period in your area I would be interested to know because my local council has deteriorated and I have claims outstanding up to 10 weeks now. I got sick of it and went around my portfolio handing out section 8’s and 21’s to all in arrears. If you have any other ideas on how to push a claim into payment I would be interested Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenners Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Hi Laura, I think Section 8 notices is the best way to get the claim processed as most HB departments have a 48hour turn around once the tenant has received a Section 8. I serve Section 21 on all my HB tenants when they move into the property and I tell them that if they don't fill their HB forms in correctly and push the Council to process the claim then we will evict them after 6 months. If the HB claim is more than 4 weeks then I automatically serve a Section 8 (as the rent is technically 8 weeks late). This usually has the desired effect ! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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