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Claims and Housing Costs
UC HCE1: Letter challenging refusal to include service charge as eligible in housing costs element

UC HCE2: Letter from landlord explaining why 'old' tenancy agreement is valid

UC HCE3: Request for whole rent to be covered where joint tenant left the property

UC HCE3a: MR Request for whole rent to be covered where joint tenant left property

UC HCE3b: Request for arrears of HCE where DWP accepted that claimant has untidy tenancy

UC HCE3c: Request for arrears of HCE where DWP accepted that claimant has untidy tenancy - official error

UC HCE4: Request to be treated as liable for the rent

UC HCE5: Request to reconsider refusal to be treated as liable for the rent

UC HCE6: Request for UC to cover "permission to occupy" charge

UC HCE6A: Request for UC to cover "permission to occupy" charge where tenant died

UC HCE7: Request to reconsider refusal to pay housing cost element for "permission to occupy" or "use and occupation" charge

UC HCE8: Request Housing Costs Element be paid where eligble as a prisoner

UC HCE8A: Request Housing Cost Element first 6 months on remand

UC CP20: Landlord's verification of housing costs for Universal Credit
 
Housing Costs - How Much
UC HM1: Letter requesting Housing Cost Element to be included from start of claim when claimant missed it off form

UC HM2: MR - refusing to include Child Element until Child Benefit in payment

UC HM3: Discontinued

UC HM4: MR- employer reported earnings late

UC HM5: MR- paid earnings on a non banking day

UC HM6: MR- wrong info provided by RTI on wages

UC HM7: MR- two wages paid in one Assessment Period

UC HM8 - MR against decision not to include a Carer Element even though Carers Allowance in payment following death of person being cared for

UC HM9 - Discontinued

UC HM10 - Discontinued

UC HM11 - MR request - Surplus Earnings rules should not have been applied as large payment received in first MAP

UC HM12 - MR against decision not to include a Carer Element even though Carers Allowance in payment

>UC HM13: Requesting HCE be based on 100% of housing costs when joint tenant died
Bedroom Tax / Size Criteria
UC BT1: Reconsideration size criteria - overnight carer needs bedroom

UC BT2: Reconsideration size criteria - joint tenancy non-couple - excluded from size criteria

UC BT3: Reconsideration size criteria - needs of a severely disabled child

UC BT4: Discontinued

UC BT5: Reconsideration size criteria - room too small / wrong size / other factors

UC BT6: Reconsideration size criteria - death run-on

UC BT7 Reconsideration size criteria - access of child would cease if no bedroom

UC BT8 Request to allocate a bedroom for a child even where no Child Element

UC BT9 Reconsideration size criteria - couple need separate bedrooms due to disability

UC BT10 Reconsideration of size criteria - Bedroom for student studying away from home

UC BT11 Discontinued

UC BT12 Bedroom allocation - breach of human rights - sanctuary scheme / adapted property

>UC BT13 LHA request to be exempt from the SAR as age 25-35 and been living in a homeless hostel

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