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Housing Benefit
I'm a single mum and full time student getting full loans and grants. I get child tax credits. I heard I may be entitled to housing benefit for rent. Do you know if this is true? Thanks.
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pay rent
Hi, I have seperated from my wife for 3 years,she lives in the family (mortgage free )home. She is unemployed and claiming JSA and I have been paying most of the essential household bills which I cant afford to anymore. Should she be paying me rent and if so could she claim for any benefits to help her.Our children have…
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Benefit change from JSA to ESA suspended Housing Benefit payments.
We are a family with 2 children aged 3 and 8. We relocated to a privately rented home almost 12 months ago and for 10 months we have been claiming JSA, HB and CT. My partner has several ill health problems and was told he must claim ESA as was to ill to find work. Unfortunatley on top of other illnesses (chronic af,…
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Housing benefit query (matrimonial split)
A married friend was told by her husband he no longer loves her. He is trying to get her out the house they still both share. She suspects he is having an affair but this is not a question about divorce/division of assets. The domestic situation is becoming intolerable. But it could be some time for the finances to be…
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Housing Benefit - More Questions!
Hi, I'm hoping someone may be able to give me a little more help. I got loads of really good advice last week, which was much appreciated! Bascially, my husband and I have separated. He is still living in the house that I own (mortgaged, just my name on the mortgage). He has just received confirmation that he will be…
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Help needed with housing - private rental, joint tenancy
I'm looking for some advice to do with our tenancy. Our relationship has broken down, and we have been living 'separate under the same roof' for a while - but for the sake of my children, I need to be in a separate home as it is just not working. Our current tenancy is a joint tenancy, but we have had no written lease. My…
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Can I own a field and claim HB?
We are a family of five who rent a smallholding privately but the rent is high. We have quite a few animals. My uncle lent us some money for a deposit but wecan't get a mortgage as we are both on low incomes and self employed. The money is sitting in a low interest account as we can never decide what to do. It is below the…
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Can I get advice re council tax here?
Can I get advice about Council Tax here? We are desperately struggling to pay council tax and have discovered that it is banded at least 2 higher than it should be from the instructions on this site. We plan to approach our Landlord about this. What happens if they are not happy for us to appeal the banding? The short…
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Complicated, Entitlement to benefit before divorce?
Long story short my mother intends to move out of the family home, leaving her husband there. All the children have grown up. -Earns approx £185 a week after tax working full time. -Has a joint mortgage with husband, around £17k left before it is paid off. -Has small amount of personal savings under £6k Wants to know…
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Housing Benefit
Hi, my girlfriend is pregnant and i'm currently working 30hrs a week picking up around 185 a week (minimum wage) shes currently living in a 2 up, 2 down terraced house with her brother mother and dad as you can imagine space is at a minimal and she requires a house with 2 rooms 1 for the baby and 1 for her! i have told her…
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Shared driveway dispute
Hi, We have a problem with access to the driveway of my late mother-in-laws property. The driveway leads up to two properties, with a split at the top one leading to ours the other to our neighbours. The driveway has a right of easement for both properties. Each house has parking for 4 cars. Because our property is…
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Served Notice
Good day all Ok heres the story today my Landlord came and served us 8 weeks notice to leave their property. Only because there situation has changed and they need to move back in. The problem is we have 3 children that live with us and just about break even every month. We have had our name on council list for some time…
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Council Housing Entitlement When Seperating - Please Help!
Hi, I'm trying to get some advice for my husband. We have decided to split up. I own the house (well, I have a mortgage), and work full time. We have savings of around £12,000 (most of it in my name). He has no income at all. He's signed off work sick but has used up all entitlement to SSP and I've been trying to get him…
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can I claim housing benefit if my landlord is also my boyfriend
I am having to move out of my current private rented house and my boyfriend has 2 that he has been renting out for 15 years. He lives in his own house with his mum and brother. He has said that I can rent one of them which has come empty and it is ideal as it means I can take my 3 dogs an 2 cats with me an the 2 kids. But…
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What help would I get?
Hi, I am self employed on a low income, my children are over 20. I currently live in rented councl property and was wonderng what help I could get to get by on my low income? I work about 16 hours a week roughly, and earn around £400-£500 month which is not enough to cover the rent etc. Do I qualify for tax credits even…
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Will my ex staying to help with our newborn effect hb?
I became pregnant with my then boyfriend in Australia. Despite only being together a short while we tried to make it work. However, due to many factors it didn't work out and I returned to the UK when my visa expired last week. I intend to work for the next 3 months and then claim housing benefit when the child is born as…
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Housing Benefit situation please help me!
hi I was claiming job seekers allowance back in 2007, I didn't claim for a few weeks but continued to receive housing benefit, (I was living in a residential place where the key workers paid it automatically) I then left the place I was living so the housing benefit payments would have been cancelled. I owed literally a…
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Paying rent and Housing benefits
I am 21, working full time, studying part time and I live with my Mum, it is just me and her. We live in a council house, she does not work because of long term sickness and she is on income support and other benefits. Before I started working she was entitled to 100% housing benefit and the rent was paid for by the…
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Housing benefit (LHA) query
My neighbour is in receipt of LHA and entitled to 9 months' transitional protection. The same is due to expire in Sep 2012. My question is will my LHA entitlement revert to the 1 bedroom rate when he becomes 35, 4 months after that?
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Discovering debts after husband's death
I have looked extensively to see if this topic is covered and where to post this, so please tell me where this should be if in a wrong place. My friend has become a widow and found out she has been left with massive unknown debts. Her husband was a drinker and gambler and had remortgages (2 I think) on the house (in joint…