Housin Benefit registration problem

crazy80_2

Hi
I claim Jobseeker`s Allowance for 5 months and I try to claim some support Housing Benefit and Council Tax but I have problem with finishing my application form for a H. Benefit because I rent flat
With my girlfriend (we are not married) She is from EU country and she has flat abroad and H. Benefit Office wants value of this property to finish registration process. (She had that property before we met) Is this right? I am the person who needs help from City Council not my partner because she work and she is got income. Getting the value of this property is so complicated and cost lots of money in her country (travel costs ect...).Anyone has idea how to avoid this problem?
Thanks Rob

Zara33

crazy80 wrote: »

Hi
I claim Jobseeker`s Allowance for 5 months and I try to claim some support Housing Benefit and Council Tax but I have problem with finishing my application form for a H. Benefit because I rent flat
With my girlfriend (we are not married) She is from EU country and she has flat abroad and H. Benefit Office wants value of this property to finish registration process. (She had that property before we met) Is this right? I am the person who needs help from City Council not my partner because she work and she is got income. Getting the value of this property is so complicated and cost lots of money in her country (travel costs ect...).Anyone has idea how to avoid this problem?
Thanks Rob

You can't "avoid" this problem.

crazy80_2

You mean is no chance to finisching reg.process without value this property?I have no money for pay for a trip to my girlfrend country and for a pay for a professional valuation.

mealone

crazy80 wrote: »

You mean is no chance to finisching reg.process without value this property?I have no money for pay for a trip to my girlfrend country and for a pay for a professional valuation.

You would be treated as a couple for benefit purposes and if your girlfriend works you may not be eligable for LHA/ctb at all and yes the property overseas does have to be included in your claim.

There is no way to avoid this.

crazy80_2

That souds stupid,She is a owner not me and she have no benefits from this property(her parents live in this flat)

AsknAnswer

You and her reside together, thus are classified as a "couple" or "partners" for benefit purposes, and therefore any means tested benefit is based upon your joint circumstances, no matter who wishes to make they claim. Means tested benefit is only ever based upon single circumstances if you are classified as a single person for benefits purposes.

Zara33

crazy80 wrote: »

That souds stupid,She is a owner not me and she have no benefits from this property(her parents live in this flat)

So her parents do not pay her anything at all then why is it her property and not their's. May sound "stupid" to you but if you expect free money then you have to abide the regulations. Simple really.

crazy80_2

I was stupid when I fill the Housing Benefit form I put this property on it. Shitt

Zara33

crazy80 wrote: »

I was stupid when I fill the Housing Benefit form I put this property on it. Shitt

:rolleyes: We do not give advice to people who try to de fraud the system! :wave:

crazy80_2

Parents buy this property few years ago and put her name on it for some tax reasons.(they are old couple)

skint-student-nurse

seriously, there is nothing you can do, no way you can avoid it. even if you didnt declare your partners property on the initial application form, if the council came to do a random intervention visit, you would get done for fraud sooner or later. sorry its probably not what you want to hear, but thats the way it works here.