# HOUSING BENEFIT APPEAL LETTER
Date: 19 August 2034
Parties: Nadia Yusuf and Southmere Council
## 1. Purpose and parties
Nadia Yusuf requests on 19 August 2034 a review of Southmere Council's Housing Benefit overpayment decision dated 2 August 2034 for her tenancy at 7 Lantern Court, Southmere SM5 8QT. The notice says an overpayment of £1,260 arose between 1 April and 30 June because her earnings were £420 a week.
## 2. Facts, scope and terms
Nadia accepts that her contractual rent was £840 per calendar month throughout that period and that she received Housing Benefit. She disputes the earnings figure: her payslips show gross pay of £280 per week for 12 weeks, totalling £3,360, not £5,040. The alleged difference is £1,680.
## 3. Process and responsibilities
Her employer's payroll letter explains that £420 was a one-off April bonus-inclusive payment, not weekly earnings. Nadia reported the bonus on 8 May and supplied bank statements showing payments of £280 on 5 April, 19 April, 3 May, 17 May, 31 May and 14 June.
## 4. Evidence, records and safeguards
Nadia asks the council to provide the calculation, applicable earnings disregards, dates of any superseding decision and the evidence used. She asks it to revise the award and overpayment after considering the payslips, rather than treating a single payment as recurring weekly income.
## 5. Review, escalation and outcome
She has paid £200 under protest and asks that recovery of the disputed balance be paused or reduced while the challenge is considered, without implying that any recoverable amount is waived. If an overpayment remains, she requests an affordable instalment plan based on her income and essential costs.
## 6. Reservations and practical protections
Enclosed are the decision notice, tenancy agreement, six payslips, payroll letter, bank statements and Nadia's budget showing monthly essential expenditure of £1,410 against net income of £1,620. She consents to the council contacting her employer about the calculation only where necessary and lawful.
## 7. England and Wales law and completion
This completed fictional appeal is governed by the applicable Housing Benefit regulations and is dated 19 August 2034. Nadia will follow the notice's review and independent tribunal instructions and will meet any stated deadline; the figures are a request for correction, not a guarantee of entitlement.