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Housing benefit etc help please

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  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,097 Forumite
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    skint-at-19 wrote: »
    Well the expenditure was calculated if i was somewhere i currently pay £35 a week petrol, £20 food, £10 parking, £35 bills etc

    This isn't taken into account when working out how much benefit you can claim.
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  • Danzo_2
    Danzo_2 Posts: 27 Forumite
    Cant he person still make a claim if they were to live at friends and pay rent for the room? lodging I guess?
  • skint-at-19
    skint-at-19 Posts: 99 Forumite
    I went onto entiledto and said i was entitled to £30 a week
    Turn £100.00 into £1000.00
    Decided to start off with things in house, as i have no money!
    Currently £38.70/£1000 :T

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  • missmontana
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    Danzo wrote: »
    Cant he person still make a claim if they were to live at friends and pay rent for the room? lodging I guess?

    No, they need a tenancy agreement. Every council varies on processing, maybe best to give them a ring and find out how long its taking.
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  • Caz3121
    Caz3121 Posts: 15,871 Forumite
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    skint-at-19 wrote: »
    I went onto entiledto and said i was entitled to £30 a week

    what is the LHA for shared facilities for your area?
  • skint-at-19
    skint-at-19 Posts: 99 Forumite
    £49.86 but will probably be less due to income
    Turn £100.00 into £1000.00
    Decided to start off with things in house, as i have no money!
    Currently £38.70/£1000 :T

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  • Caz3121
    Caz3121 Posts: 15,871 Forumite
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    skint-at-19 wrote: »
    £49.86 but will probably be less due to income

    when you use entitledto you need to select tenant-private sector and the 49.86 under the weekly LHA
    not sure what other details could be out but even using a gross pay of £160 I get "The calculator has determined that you are not entitled to any means-tested benefits or tax credits under your current circumstances."

    you would be better seeing if someone can confirm this for you before you hand over a deposit and rent up front then find you will not get any benefits help
  • skint-at-19
    skint-at-19 Posts: 99 Forumite
    Im trying to persuade my boyfriend to move in, then i wouldnt need any benefits whatsoever.
    Turn £100.00 into £1000.00
    Decided to start off with things in house, as i have no money!
    Currently £38.70/£1000 :T

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  • HappyMJ
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    missmontana wrote: »
    No, they need a tenancy agreement. Every council varies on processing, maybe best to give them a ring and find out how long its taking.
    That is not correct. You do not need a tenancy agreement to claim HB. A rent book, a lodger agreement (even a handwritten one covering who the landlord is, who the tenant is and how much the lodger pays is fine) or receipts from landlord will be sufficient to claim HB on a shared room rate.
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  • missmontana
    missmontana Posts: 1,994 Forumite
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    Ah, there you go, I've always had tenancy agreements! Might make things a bit easier :)
    Be who you are, say what you feel, those who mind don't matter, those who matter don't mind.
    They say that talking to yourself is a sign of mental illness. So I talk to the cats instead.
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