CPAG's Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Legislation, 2011/12

Please note: the 25th edition (2012/13) is due in autumn 2012. To order in advance, please call us on 020 7837 7979 or download the order form.

Housing benefit is changing – are you up to date? This definitive, annual publication covers housing benefit and council tax benefit legislation as it applies in England, Wales and Scotland. The relevant statutory material is accompanied by an expert commentary, and information is fully indexed and cross-referenced.

Among the changes and new material in this 24th edition are:

• fully updated commentary on the amendments to the local housing allowance rent restriction scheme, including the caps on local housing allowance rates
• expanded and updated commentary on the rules entitlement to HB for people from abroad, including the right to reside test
• commentary on new decisions of the courts and the Upper Tribunal

This book provides chapter and verse in accessible form for advisers, lawyers, local authority administrators, students, and tribunal members.

December 2011 978 1 906076 52 8 £100 including updating Supplement
(Supplement due spring 2012: 978 1 906076 57 3)

‘Packed with relevant information in an easily portable form. The title remains a work which no one concerned with housing benefits can be without’ FAMILY LAW

‘An important tool for anyone advising about housing benefit’ THE LAW SOCIETY’S GAZETTE

‘An indispensable guide for all those advising claimants in whatever capacity’ SCOTS LAW TIMES

‘This excellent text is a must have for all advisers dealing with Housing Benefit claims.‘ THE ADVISER (Citizens Advice)

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