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I'm potentially going to start claiming the housing aspect of UC so I just went onto the calculator to work out how it effects my overall payment because I've been told my standard allowance drops... but it doesn't seem to have changed much (minus about £70).
Can I just check does this look accurate?
Based on part time working £900 a month and 2 children.
Rent £400.

Thanks so much! Feeling a-bit overwhelmed as I don't understand this sort of thing :(

Anyone? :)

I’m really not sure but I always found the turn2us calculator more accurate

Ahh thank you! I searched on there and it was about £50 less so I have no idea 🙈

The rent element on that statement is more than you are paying in rent so that is not correct. Otherwise it looks correct.

Also your standard allowance will not drop. Your work allowance ( the amount of earnings that is disregarded before earnings reduce your total UC ) will drop from £573 to £344 once you start claiming help with rent.

@Babyroobs sorry I'm a little cod used.
If I correct the rent on that calculation are the remainder of the deductions appropriate for housing etc or would I expect it to drop further?

If they paid you rent element of £400 then you would receive £963.69 UC per month. They should pay £400 if you are in social housing ( I assume you are ) and you have no spare bedrooms.
So total of Uc elements with rent element of £400 would total £1269.49.
Deduction for earnings would be £900-£344 ( work allowance) x0.55 = £305.80
£1269.49 minus £305.80 = £963.69 per month.
So you would have £900 wages = £963.69 UC plus child benefit.

Sorry last line should say £900 wages + £963.69 UC + child benefit.

Thanks so much for taking the time to do explain all of that for me, i really do appreciate it.
I am looking to rent a flat via social housing but I'm just feeling really overwhelmed with how my money and costs are going to change and I don't really know where to get any advice from!

If you are a single parent, try the Gingerbread telephone helpline - they are fantastic at helping with queries like this.

Did you use £100 per week for your rent, OP?

If so, the £433.33 for housing is right. You multiply the weekly figure by 4.33 to get the amount for a calendar month.