Hi i have recently moved to a hostel/hotel that accepts dss. its licenced rather than rented which means they can throw me out any time they like. my full rent is not covered i am short each week by 36 pound. ive been there approx 3 months. ive paid shortfall myself 36 pound each week. disctionary payment say they will pay backdated money (if accepted) to me if i can prove ive paid which in can. problem is they can say i managed to pay myself which is untrue. i took out loan to pay pay shortfall which i only took until i applied for discrtionary payment. this took longer than i intended because i supper from body image problems, agoraphobia, social anxiety and depression also they only backdate for no more than four weeks without good reason. so is they loan proof that i couldnt manage and is the medical issues excuse for more than four weeks backdating? thanks in advance

thanks for response. seems i can get backdated pay sent to me long as i can prove i paid it. also i didnt manage i loaned money which i can prove and i have to pay money back. they only backdate upto 4 weeks unless i have a good reason . i suffer from depression, agoraphobia social anxiety and bdd (self -image) plus i have a strangulated hernia and am awaiting an operation. this means that simple tasks filling in forms on time etc are almost impossible. would that count as a good enough reason for backdating twelve weeks in your opinions? if i can prove i loaned cash and can prove my condition would they backdate further?

Hi i have recently moved to a hostel/hotel that accepts dss. its licenced rather than rented which means they can throw me out any time they like. my full rent is not covered i am short each week by 36 pound. ive been there approx 3 months. ive found out i can apply for discretionary payments. and if accepted get it backdated. problem is according to hostel rules, they keep any backdating as 'credit' i.e if i dont pay the shortfall they take it out of the credit. ive had to kill myself to get the shortfall paid. im sure its illegal for them to do that but basically they can just throw me out . can i ask discertionary payment department 9if accepted) to pay the backdated cash to me (as long as i prove its been paid?) the hostel made me sign a form to make sure hb payments went straight to them? and they can phone up if its stopped ive thought of tranferring the payments back over to myself and paying up front for a month, till discretionary payments come through, but im sure if i did that the hostel would phone up hb and find out what ive done, theyre canny crooks form what i gather need advice backdated money amount to 500 pounds which i could use to get a room somewhere. thanks in advance