Housing benefit - appeals
If you want more information about our decision you must contact
us straight away, because you only have one month from the date of
the decision letter to ask us to look at your claim again, or to
appeal against it. You can also ask for a written statement of
reasons for the decision.
If you want us to look at a decision again, you have two
options:
- You can ask us to revise our decision. Please write to us
within one month of the date of the letter telling you our
decision, giving the reasons why you disagree. We will look at our
decision again and tell you what the outcome is.
- You can appeal against the decision. Please write to us within
one month of the date of the letter telling you our decision,
giving the reasons why you disagree. We will look at our decision
again and tell you what the outcome is. If we do not change our
decision, we will automatically pass your appeal to the Appeals
Service and a tribunal hearing will be arranged to consider your
appeal.
If you choose for us to look at your claim and revise our
decision (option 1 above). You still have the right to request an
appeal to a Tribunal Hearing (option 2) at a later stage,
providing you inform us in writing within one month of receiving
the outcome letter of your revision request.