£50 Benefit for ALL bills including Rent

Sleepy_2

tamsin1982 wrote: »

what is your financial situation like after youve paid your bills etc?
how much do you have for food, is there anyway you can cut back? eat beans on toast if you have to?
would u be able to get a part time job? cleaning jobs can pay v well, i had one that was twice a week an i earnt £120 extra a month, that was a few yrs ago now so could be better money now

I dont feel that I could do anymore. I dont have anything resembling a life at the moment, any spare cash goes to my Mum. I'm doing what I can.

savemoney

Sleepy I assume you have done all you can to cut your outgoings. If you haven't try the debt forum as there is help on there, you may have to post a statement of affairs (outgoings)(incomings) etc

grey_lady

If you sell the house within the next few weeks are you going to give her
all of the 30k equity?

If you can't sell the house within the next few weeks are you prepared to go bankrupt? just thinking that this might get her off the hook with the dss.

Please dont use words like stupid to describe your mother on here and then expect people to be kind to you. Take 100% of the blame for this - because it is your fault, not your mothers.

tamsin1982

keep it as an option as there isnt really that many other ways to get more money,
it may even make u feel better, for me personally Ive always found doing something to help a situation makes me feel like i can see the light at the end of the tunnel - no matter how far away it is.

youd only have to do 4/5hrs a week to make a bit of a difference?
i managed 50hrs a week whilst i was preg and my dad does more than that at 63!!

Sleepy_2

savemoney wrote: »

Sleepy I assume you have done all you can to cut your outgoings. If you haven't try the debt forum as there is help on there, you may have to post a statement of affairs (outgoings)(incomings) etc

Thanks Savemoney, the CCCS lady said that the only area I could cut back was with the £2.50 lunch money.

McKneff

grey_lady wrote: »

If you sell the house within the next few weeks are you going to give her
all of the 30k equity?

If you can't sell the house within the next few weeks are you prepared to go bankrupt? just thinking that this might get her off the hook with the dss.

Please dont use words like stupid to describe your mother on here and then expect people to be kind to you. Take 100% of the blame for this - because it is your fault, not your mothers.

The poster is well aware that he is 100% responsible and has said so in more than one post. I dont think much of what he has done, but let's be fair please.

OP, not all lodgers are violent, please think again about this.
Write to you mum if you cant talk to her at the moment. Tell her how you are feeling and how sorry you are, and just for the record, a mum would never, never, never hate her son, it is physically impossible for a mother. She might not like him for a little while or what he has done but never hate. Hope this makes you feel a little bit better. Not too much mind.
Would equity release be an option

Fran

Sleepy wrote: »

She has been told that she is entitled to just £50 / week in Benefits to help towards the rent on her flat, council tax, food, Gas, Electricity, Water, all other Bills and living Costs!

Can you clarify this? How much is she receiving in benefits (and which benefits) which are administered by DWP and how much in Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit which are administered by the local council?

If she is only receiving total of £50 per week she will be evicted for non payment of rent. It is likely there are other things she owes too which have built up before your father was aware.

It is vital that someone is sorting this out where she lives. As suggested already: Citizens Advice, MIND, Doctor, her "Counsellor" that you referred to. Is there a family friend that your father can get in contact with? Does your mother have any friends?

She might need Shelter if potentially homeless.

How much rent does she owe? Does anyone know the true figures? This info needs to be taken to CAB.

Sleepy_2

grey_lady wrote: »

If you sell the house within the next few weeks are you going to give her
all of the 30k equity?

If you can't sell the house within the next few weeks are you prepared to go bankrupt? just thinking that this might get her off the hook with the dss.

Please dont use words like stupid to describe your mother on here and then expect people to be kind to you. Take 100% of the blame for this - because it is your fault, not your mothers.

Yes, all the money will go straight to my Mother as soon as the House is sold.

If the House is not sold in the next couple of weeks, I was planning to go Bankcrupt, but this would not change the situation according to the DSS.

I do take all the blame for the situation. I meant that my Mum was stupid for lending me the money, NOT that she is stupid. I have edited that post to prevent any other misunderstanding. I do love my Mum even though we are apart.

Sleepy_2

Fran wrote: »

Can you clarify this? How much is she receiving in benefits (and which benefits) which are administered by DWP and how much in Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit which are administered by the local council?

If she is only receiving total of £50 per week she will be evicted for non payment of rent. It is likely there are other things she owes too which have built up before your father was aware.

It is vital that someone is sorting this out where she lives. As suggested already: Citizens Advice, MIND, Doctor, her "Counsellor" that you referred to. Is there a family friend that your father can get in contact with? Does your mother have any friends?

She might need Shelter if potentially homeless.

How much rent does she owe? Does anyone know the true figures? This info needs to be taken to CAB.

My Mum is renting privately, she pays her rent 6 Months in Advance and has just paid this amount.

As far as I know, my Mum receives no Housing Benefit, and only the Single Persons allowance for Council Tax.

She doesnt owe any other money, she is now at the end of the rest of the money from the House sale in 2006.

Fran

Sleepy wrote: »

I meant that my Mum was stupid for lending me the money, NOT that she is stupid. I have edited that post to prevent any other misunderstanding. I do love my Mum even though we are apart.

Why not phone your mum now?

There is a big difference between "doing something stupid" and having ongoing mental health problems that affect your behaviour.

Sleepy wrote: »

My has suffered from Severe Depression for many years, certainly before 2006.