Last updated: 21 October, 2020
This Code of Practice explains the council’s Housing Benefit Overpayment Policy and sets out what you can expect of us and what we expect of you.
If there is an overpayment, most of the cost of the overpayment falls upon the Council Tax payers of Barnet, which means that we have a duty to recover overpayments where the law allows.
We expect you to tell us of any changes in your circumstances without delay so that overpayments are kept to a minimum.
We will: