Housing benefit overpayments

What happens when we find an overpayment has been made?

We will do the following:

identify the period, amount, and cause of the overpayment
decide if the overpayment is legally recoverable
decide whether to recover the overpayment
decide who to recover the overpayment from
we will write to you with the details

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Last modified on 31 October 2023