FI15889
Request
Rules / regulations / procedures in force during December 2022, concerning a completed and received by DDC online application form for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support.
Response
An application for Housing Benefit that was received in December 2022 was administered in line with the 2006 Housing Benefit Regulations. For working age people who were not in either temporary accommodation or in relevant supported accommodation, an application for Universal Credit would have been necessary. The regulations are found here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/contents.
An application for Council Tax Support that was received in December 2022 for a pension age customer was administered in line with the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012. The regulations can be found here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2885/contents#:~:text=Section%2013A%20of%20the%20Local%20Government%20Finance%20Act,whom%20the%20authority%20considers%20are%20in%20financial%20need.
A application for Council Tax Support that was received in December 2022 for a working age customer was administered in line with the Dover District Council local scheme. The scheme documents can be found here: https://www.dover.gov.uk/Benefits/Council-Tax-Support/Council-Tax-Support-scheme-documents.aspx.