Change in circumstances
Applicants who are awarded DHP’s are obliged to report to the Council in writing any change in circumstance that might affect the amount of DHP they receive.
Examples of these changes include:
- Changes of address (or room) even if temporarily
- Changes in their income and expenditure
- Changes to their household
Changes arising during the period of an award may lead to the Council changing the level of the remaining payments due under the award or ending the award. The Council may suspend or end a DHP award where it suspects that the facts that led to the award have been misrepresented to the Council, fraudulently or otherwise or that payments have been made by the Council in error.