[Your (landlord’s) address]
								[Your telephone number]
      [Your email address]
								[Date]

By [first class post / hand / email to: [insert email address]]

[Address of the Council’s housing benefit department]



Dear Sir/Madam

Re:	Request for direct payments of housing benefit to landlord
	Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, SI No. 213, Regs 95, 96
 	Name of claimant: [Name]
	Address of claimant: [Address]

I write in relation to a request made on [date] for the above claimant’s housing benefit to be paid to myself under the above regulations.

I am disappointed that I have yet to receive any notification of your decision.  I am aware that, whatever your decision, you must notify me (as a ‘person affected’ by the decision) in writing of the decision (Regulations 2 and 90(1), Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001 SI No 1002, Regulation 3(1)(e)).
I respectfully ask that you forward notification of your decision within 10 days of receiving this letter.
Please note that if I do not receive a satisfactory response to this letter within 10 days I may submit a formal complaint under the Council’s complaint policy, without further reference to you.
Many thanks for your help in this matter.

Yours faithfully




[Your name]








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