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HB living with family
debrag
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How does it work?
3 adults all family, (brother, sister, son) all on JSA or ESA.
Should they get full HB?
At present a friend of mine has herself as main tenant and her son & brother as non dependents. The Council/HA have calculated full HB then deductions for the two non dependents meaning it works out that they need to pay half the weekly rent.
I always thought that JSA etc was the amount the government saw someone could live on after rent is paid.
3 adults all family, (brother, sister, son) all on JSA or ESA.
Should they get full HB?
At present a friend of mine has herself as main tenant and her son & brother as non dependents. The Council/HA have calculated full HB then deductions for the two non dependents meaning it works out that they need to pay half the weekly rent.
I always thought that JSA etc was the amount the government saw someone could live on after rent is paid.
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How does it work?
3 adults all family, (brother, sister, son) all on JSA or ESA.
Should they get full HB?
At present a friend of mine has herself as main tenant and her son & brother as non dependents. The Council/HA have calculated full HB then deductions for the two non dependents meaning it works out that they need to pay half the weekly rent.
I always thought that JSA etc was the amount the government saw someone could live on after rent is paid.
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand your question.0 -
as they are all on benefits should they get full HB? should the brother & son be down as non dependents?0
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The HB award will depend on whether the ESA and JSA amounts are income or contributions based. ESA can be higher than the min the govt says a person needs to live off.
Impossible to say anymore without figures.Gone ... or have I?0 -
debrag did you post something similar before, and it was all rather confusing :rotfl:brother, son, girlfriend, kids and sister.How does it work?
3 adults all family, (brother, sister, son) all on JSA or ESA.
Should they get full HB?
At present a friend of mine has herself as main tenant and her son & brother as non dependents. The Council/HA have calculated full HB then deductions for the two non dependents meaning it works out that they need to pay half the weekly rent.
I always thought that JSA etc was the amount the government saw someone could live on after rent is paid.
ETA: yes that's right it was regarding a council house being to big.Hit the snitch button!member #1 of the official warning clique.
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Feel the love baby!0 -
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The HB award will depend on whether the ESA and JSA amounts are income or contributions based. ESA can be higher than the min the govt says a person needs to live off.
Impossible to say anymore without figures.
One on C-JSA (£64.30 a week)
One on ESA (£80-90 a week)
One was on C-JSA and is moving to I-JSA (£64.30 a week)0 -
Are they actually all tenants named on the rent book, if not whose name is the rent book in?(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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no only the sister has her name down I think so all letters etc are addressed to her. The others are just down as non dependents0
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Assuming they are all over 25, then the two non-dependents will attract a deduction of £7.40 per week. Who is actually on what, and what are their ages? As if son is on ESA and under 25 might make a difference.
I am assuming your friend has checked the workings out to make sure they are using the correct income for all residents? As it sounds like they might not have confirmation of one of the non-dep incomes and are charging max deduction (unless the weekly rent is only £30,which I doubt!)
Or is her son/brother paying her anything as 'board'? As in this case, they would not count as non-deps but lodgers, with their board being counted as her income.
Is it definitely council/HA housing? As if it is private rental and on LHA not HB then the 'full' HB could actually be for the property size she is entitled to, rather than inhabiting.
If it is council/HA, are there any ineligible charges included in the rent (heating & hot water/water rates/garage/parking etc) or is there an overpayment being recovered from HB?0 -
weekly rent is £110 no parking, heating etc included
All are over 25
The letter just mentions rent of £110 full HB then details deuctions for the non dependents totaling £55 left to pay a week.
It will be done again once the brother gets his I-JSA through.
Could they become joint tenants?0
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