Guidance

Housing Benefit overpayment recovery good practice

Good practice for local authority staff on recovering Housing Benefit overpayments.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 16 February 2015

Documents

Pursuing Housing Benefit overpayment recovery effectively: good practice guide

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Details

DWP has developed this good practice in partnership with local authorities. Its aim is to help local authority staff consider a range of options to recover Housing Benefit overpayments. It is designed to be read with the Housing Benefit overpayments guide.

Published 16 February 2015