Housing Benefit + partner stayiing over...

Martina86

I currently claim HB - What are the rules in this for partners, - are they allowed to stay over, can i get reported if he does and is there a set amount of nights he can stay?

Thankyou in advance for any light shed on this.

tazwhoever

If you don't share shopping, bills, food, etc then that fine, no limit on night - but council can investigate.

alwaysonthego_2

The rules are very complex so therefore it is better to inform your LA so you ocver yourself just incase you get reported. Nobody on here can tell you for sure, it is down to the DM.

McKneff

tazwhoever wrote: »

If you don't share shopping, bills, food, etc then that fine, no limit on night - but council can investigate.

Its not fine, at least it shouldnt be.
So he could live in the house, 7 days a week, not contribute to food and electric etc. The op who is on benefits pays for everything (which we are paying for) is okay. ................as long as he didnt contribute to the household budget.

My own personal opinion is that there should be a definitive number of nights staying over. None. full stop.

seven-day-weekend

McKneff wrote: »

Its not fine, at least it shouldnt be.
So he could live in the house, 7 days a week, not contribute to food and electric etc. The op who is on benefits pays for everything (which we are paying for) is okay. ................as long as he didnt contribute to the household budget.

My own personal opinion is that there should be a definitive number of nights staying over. None. full stop.

Absolutely agree.

To the OP,threre is no set number of nights and as alwaysonthego says,best declare it.

Even better he could go home at night, or you could claim as a couple.

Vader123

McKneff wrote: »

My own personal opinion is that there should be a definitive number of nights staying over. None. full stop.

What would happen with that rule is people would practically live there, but take off last thing at nice and be back first thing in the morning.


They would be eating there, showering, enjoying the security of state paid benefits but b able to say "Hey! I don't stay overnight so theres nothing you can do etc etc".

What it should be down to is how long someone is spending there.

Again and again we see people asking for state intervention in their lifes, yet when a partner comes on the scene, they expect no contribution from them!

Vader

LondonDiva

If you are calling him your partner and thinking about limiting the number of nights he's staying over only for benefit purposes, I think you've answered the question yourself.

tazwhoever

please read this:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2189061&highlight=number+of+nights+partner+can+stay

happy_lass

McKneff wrote: »

Its not fine, at least it shouldnt be.
So he could live in the house, 7 days a week, not contribute to food and electric etc. The op who is on benefits pays for everything (which we are paying for) is okay. ................as long as he didnt contribute to the household budget.

My own personal opinion is that there should be a definitive number of nights staying over. None. full stop.

hang on, everyone is entitled to a private life !! the op was asking for advice, thats all. NOT your personal opinion :shocked:

System

Basically don't expect to have a sex life if your on benefits Or wait till its been long enough for him to be your partner, and can contribute. There may be middle ground but only the council could tell you what that is.

There should be a sticky for this question as it gets asked so often.

happy_lass

i think its ridiculous. yes i know there are people that baltently flout the laws and yes they should have the book chucked at them. BUT, everyone is entitled to a private life and a couple of the comments on here are a bit unfair.