If a determination from a Rent Officer is being used in the calculation of your housing benefit that determination usually lasts for 52 weeks.
We can only re-refer your rent to the Rent Officer before the 52 weeks have expired if there is has been a relevant change of circumstances.
The type of change that will allow us to re-refer will depend on the type of determination that the Rent Officer previously made.
The types of changes that may count as a relevant change are:
1) the number of occupiers of the dwelling changing, or
2) the composition of the household changing, or
3) there has been a substantial change in the condition of the dwelling, or
4) there has been a substantial change in the terms of the letting agreement, or
5) there has been a rent increase which has been made under the terms of the letting agreement.
If you think that you have had a change that may allow us to re-refer your rent please tell us about it. Remember that the Rent Officers original determination may limit what changes are relevant for your circumstances.
The information on this page is for guidance only and is not a full definition of the law.
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