https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/legal/benefits/housing_benefit/recovery_of_housing_benefit_overpayments
Shelter Legal England - Recovery of housing benefit overpayments - Shelter England
The local authority can recover many, but not all, housing benefit overpayments from the person to whom they were paid
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https://nationaldebtline.org/get-information/guides/housing-benefit-overpayments-ew/
Housing Benefit overpayments | National Debtline
Advice on what a Housing Benefit overpayment is, how the overpayment can be challenged and how the debt can be recovered.
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