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Friend need help with benefits she will get - Baby due in Nov

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  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    thanks! shes worried now as she is going to have to sell her house and rent as she cant cover the mortgage while she is off work.
    Could she contact the mortgage company and ask for a break?
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  • loopyloulou_3
    loopyloulou_3 Posts: 1,269 Forumite
    she got rather excited when she saw that!!! ha ha
  • loopyloulou_3
    loopyloulou_3 Posts: 1,269 Forumite
    she says that she cant take a break - not sure why. i think she is going to rent a smaller place nearer her family - so at least if she did have to move home it wouldnt be so traumatic
  • pooh0306
    pooh0306 Posts: 12 Forumite
    just looking at your post, I tried to use tha calculator and I'm a bit stuck....
    My income for this financial yr is £16243, what do I put down as the maternity deduction?

    It also gave me a figure I could claim for housing benefit... will I have to wait until the babies born and my income starts to reduce whilst on meternity before I claim this....

    also, sorry to be a pest, when would I hae to make an new claim for my reeduced incoem and new baby?:o
    :wall: :doh:
    POOH0306
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