Benefits when children reach 18 ?

seven-day-weekend

Typan, I think if you had given this information in the first place people may have been a little more sympathetic.

However, the answer doesn't change, your son will have to pay his way and if what you are entitled to with Housing and Council Tax Benefit isn't enough for you to live on , you'll have to work more hours.

There is not much help for single people with no dependants who are not sick and/or disabled. You have found this out now.

Some posters have given advice about your Housing and Council Tax Benefit - is that sorted now?

thorsoak

Typan - I'm sorry that you feel that you haven't been given a fair hearing - but on the net, one can only go on the information at the time.

I hope that you print this out and let your son read it - it seems as if he, like most teenagers, had expected you to finance him for forever - and that he has to learn the lesson that now, in return for your care over the last 18 years, he has to contribute to the family income! It's a hard lesson for them to learn, I know - but at the end of the day he will learn self-reliance and self-respect.

I hope that you can find a full-time job yourself soon - but in the meantime, tell your son what a good job he can do, running the household finances!

LizzieS_2

The housing allowances will also have changed.

Before the gross HB will have allowed for 2 bedrooms due to there being an adult and child. The council has no duty to pay towards housing for 2 adults where one is working full-time. OP's gross HB allowance is now for 1 adult and therefore will reflect the rent due for 1 bedroom instead of 2. It is for the household to meet the additional cost of a house bigger than than actually required for the claimant.

Another thing, to achieve the net payment certain things are allowed. Before she would have had an allowance for herself, 1 for a dependant child and a family premium. Now the only allowance given is £60 for a single person and the fact there is a non-dependant adds £38 to the total cost too.

PS. Assumed there is no other adult in the house.

The_Teaahloic

Hi typan, I am an Ofsted registered childminder with a mortgage . Just recently I have gone from full time to part time (not through my own choice) I am divorced three kids living at home and not enough money to live on, even with money from 2 working kids. Have one son 17 at college , still waiting for his ema payment to come through. Life is really difficult, looking for cheap food all the time reduced, BOGOFs . I have never asked any one for benefits probably would not get anything anyway . Life is hard I know how you feel!

Valley's_girl

Hi I have to agree with the op's you have plenty of time to adjust for when your child reaches 18.

I only went through the benefits system myself recently due to ill health that has left me disabled. I have no other option but to claim I would love to have my health back and be able to work.

I have a ds who helps me out he is uni and works part time although he has put his notice because he has an hectic schedule with his course.
He knew that he might have to finish and has managed to save for this.
Sorry I am rambling but your son should pay his way and help you out.

Hope you get things sorted.
Best wishes
Ally xx

viktory

typan wrote: »

Whats the point in having this section if all everyone is going to say is 'get a job' I thought the idea was for people to get help here..

You didn't ask for help - you came to whinge.

Kimberley

I'm about to be £250 worse of each month because my ex has now been made redundant from his job and can't pay child maintenance. I will have to get used to it and in three years time when my eldest has completed her full time education, I will again lose her benefits and then my son will follow the year after and so on.

I will then get a full time job. What you need to do is get a full time job, there are plenty out there if you really wanted one. You then need to total every single household bill up and pay half with your son. No way will he get a flat for £80 a week.

I know one day when all my kids are over 18 that i will get no more benefits but then because i'll have no dependants I can get a full time job and if I still couldn't afford the bills and have enough to live on then i'd get two jobs or three.

jenhug

supermarkets and Argos are taking on for christmas, they take on on a 3 month temp contract, but if you are good they almost always keep you on.

zappster1966

Och you're all being too hard on the OP.

Her lad's got himself off his backside & got a job, good wages too for someone his age. Isn't that what we're encouraging her to do too ? She's halfway there already. She's lucky, there's many a Mam desperate for their kids to work. It could've been so much different for her.

I'd love to see some of you work as advisers in a Job Centre. You'd last two minutes before getting your heads knocked off your shoulders.

Softly, softly, catchy monkey ... ya kno ?

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jenhug wrote: »

supermarkets and Argos are taking on for christmas, they take on on a 3 month temp contract, but if you are good they almost always keep you on.

the 3rd week in november is abit late for that,argos reduced the number of seasonal vacancies this year by 25% other stores by a simlar margin