jsa - living with student

star69_2

Hi

Any advice or come across this before?

was made redundant on 20th Jan,

applied for job seekers allowance, found out today i'm being rejected due to my partner having a bursary for training to be a student. She gets £522 a month, out mortgage is £455 a month. So we are supposed to pay all bills, eat and survive on £16.75 a week!!! brilliant, i have applied for over 20 jobs and had a couple of interviews, not much luck yet,

this cant be right can it? i have worked all my life and never claimed anything, !!

nissan25

Hi Star69

Unfortunately this is correct. It appears you did not qualify for JSA Contributory in your own right and I assume the student you refer to is your partner?

Therefore as she receives a bursary this is treated as income (less disregards for books etc) and the remainder is averaged over the number of weeks of her course year and if this exceeds £94.95 (JSA couple rate) then you have no entitlement to JSA Income Based and she is expected to provide for you.

Oldernotwiser

However, I think that you can apply for help with paying the interest on your mortgage.

bunny999

If you have worked all your life you should be entitled to JSA contributory for 6 months. You need to have paid enough NI contributions in the previous 2 tax years to make them qualifying years.

nissan25

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

However, I think that you can apply for help with paying the interest on your mortgage.

No this is not the case - you have to be actually receiving JSAIB for mortgage interest assistance. He can only sign on for NI credit purposes - no moneatry benefit.

lottie6636

You can apply for council tax benefit, but the claim must be in your name.