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Friday 11 May 2012

Thursday 10 May 2012

  • Local Housing Allowance - Payments
    In most cases payment of the LHA will be made direct to the tenant and it will be the tenants responsibility to pay the rent to the landlord.

  • Local Housing Allowance - Calculation
    The LHA is a flat rate maximum entitlement to housing benefit. The amount depends on the number of people living in the tenants household and the number of bedrooms they need, referred to as the size criteria.

  • Local Housing Allowance - Who's not affected?
    Local Housing Allowance does not affect all tenancies.

  • Local Housing Allowance - What is it?
    Local Housing Allowance (LHA) is the way of working out Housing Benefit for most tenants in privately rented accomodation from April 2008. From April 2011 the scheme will change in a number of ways, for more infomation see the link below.

Tuesday 08 May 2012

Wednesday 02 May 2012

  • Guide to Discretionary Housing Payments
    Guidance on how Wigan Council administers Discretionary Housing Payments

  • Good Standards Awards
    Wigan Council is proud to have achieved the ~LT~b~GT~Investors in People~LT~/b~GT~,~LT~b~GT~ Chartermark~LT~/b~GT~ and ~LT~strong~GT~RNID Louder than Words~LT~/strong~GT~ awards for its Revenues and Benefits Services.

Tuesday 18 May 2010

Friday 07 May 2010

  • Customer Charter
    Our Customer Charter sets out clearly what you can expect from us.

Thursday 14 May 2009

Wednesday 06 May 2009

  • Cabinet - Thursday 14 May 2009
    A meeting of the Cabinet will be held in one of the Committee Rooms at the Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan at 3.00 p.m. on Thursday, 14 May 2009.

Thursday 30 April 2009

  • Cabinet - Thursday 30 April 2009
    A meeting of the Cabinet will be held in one of the Committee Rooms at the Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan at 3.00 p.m. on Thursday, 30 April 2009.

Wednesday 29 April 2009

  • Regulation Committee - Friday 8 May 2009
    A meeting of the Regulation Committee will be held in one of the Committee Rooms at the Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan at 9:45 a.m. on Friday, 8 May 2009.

  • Council - Wednesday 29 April 2009
    A meeting of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan to be held in the Council Chamber at the Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan on Wednesday, 29 April 2009 at 6.30 p.m. for the following purposes, that is to say:-

Monday 27 April 2009

Friday 24 April 2009

Tuesday 21 April 2009

Monday 20 April 2009