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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I'm confused about the housing benefit one - if rent is still being paid on an empty property what is happening about the rent for the property where the tenant is currently living? Housing benefit can't be paid twice over for the same person so who pays for the second one?
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In exceptional circumstances they do, where u have overlap, ie in a refuge/safe house accomodation, if u have to move house within your notice or over your notice, say house moving into is ready or landlord requires u move in before your notice on your existing home or new home repairs took longer than the notice given to old house so notice extention was required, you can apply to housing benefit for those reasons. I've had a 4-6 week overlap as new house wasn't ready in time for moving into also ive had my house emptied & rent covered for 4 weeks too in another borough.
So there is sometimes genuine reasons tho disgraceful that properties can exceed that time just for mail drops - thats criminal!!