Where an overpayment can be recovered from a Housing Association or a private landlord then it can be recovered:
Note 1: recovery from a claimant's ongoing benefit is NOT recovery from a landlord, but counts as recovery from the claimant -
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Note 2: When a HB overpayment is recovered from the landlord, and the debt is then transferred to the tenant's rent account - does this debt count as rent arrears?
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